Hi! It's true, no one can reach every single one of their students. :-( But! What are other techniques, besides the solid ones Alice has mentioned below, which have helped you all reach your kids and inspire a love of reading?
I think for my kids, being able to choose their own books is the most important part of the process. I haven't turned all that many around (a function of where I teach and the relatively short time I've been teaching Humanities), but those who have begun to love reading have all stressed the importance of reading something they genuinely love. Next?! Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Alice Cortigiano <[email protected]> wrote: > I loved the year I did remedial reading. I had a wonderful library > containing a variety of fiction/non-fiction books at a variety of levels. I > worked with students in selecting books that were at their instructional > levels. Each child had a 2 pocket folder for a calendar for them to keep > track of their reading, a response log (containing open ended questions) for > them to answer a pre-determined points throughout the book. There was a lot > of individual conferencing. I would use their responses to dictate > conference discussions as I did not read all of the books myself. I would > also do small group instruction on a variety of comprehension skills, > especially those that they would be tested on using our CMT test for a > guide. > > Most of the kids liked the format but there were the hard core also who > could not find 1 book they could read. At that point, I would assign a book > but of course that didn't work out that well. As you know, you are not going > to turn everyone around to liking reading at this age. _______________________________________________ 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
