I teach 5th and 6th grade. I circulate the class each day recording what page number my students are on in their independent reading novel. I know for fact my kids are reading at home because they are moving through their books. I am looking for at least 20 pages of progress each night for they are required to read a half hour. They write each day in their reading logs and I read the logs weekly. Their logs show comprehension and reflection. If I don't consistently do status of the class during independent reading time then they are not religious about reading at home. I expect my kids to read at home for 30 minutes and at school for additional 30 minutes.
On 12/25/08 12:58 PM, "LaRue, Carrie" <[email protected]> wrote: > What do you do when a student doesn't turn it in? How are you sure the student > is reading and the parent isn't just signing without being sure the reading > has been completed? We've dealt with some of these issues in our elementary > school. One teacher at our middle school has the students complete a reading > log, but she isn't getting many of the students to complete the reading. > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Cindy & Ryan Pickering > Sent: Wed 12/24/2008 11:29 AM > To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. > Subject: Re: [LIT] Homework? > > > > I teach 6th grade reading, and my students are required to read 20 minutes a > night for a total of 100 minutes a week. Last year I did not have any > accountability for this and I don't think most of the kids were reading. > This year they have to turn in how many minutes they read and it's signed by > their parents. It's a real pain trying to get these all collected each > week, but from their conversations they are reading a lot more, so it's > worth it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee Winik [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 8:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LIT] Homework? > > > I have been doing some reading from another network I belong too about the > homework debate. I was wondering what practices everyone employs for giving > out homework and whether it is successful or not? Is it becoming a pointless > exercise? Does it significantly impact learning? I know it may have been > discussed already but how does one make homework more purposeful or > meaningful to students? > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > <http://www.literacyworkshop.org/> > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
