Hi everyone, My Name is Sarah Taylor and I am new to this whole listserv process, but I am really excited to hear what people have to say about the different problems and situations we encounter in our classrooms. I am a graduate student at Syracuse University in the Literacy program from birth to sixth grade. I have my degree in Elementary Ed from the University of Scranton and I am currently working in a special education school mainly for students with severe emotional and behavioral disorders. Needless to say, work can get pretty stressful and there are days that I feel no teaching gets done. One problem I am now facing is that I have been switched from a sixth and seventh grade level classroom, to a kindergarten level. My strategies for teaching reading with the older boys was to try and make reading as authentic for them as possible. As many of them had ADHD, along with other problems, I used Jack Gantos books(Joey Pigza) to help them learn to relate to, and understand characters. This worked fairly well and the majority of them responded quite positively, and excitedly. However, my new students are at a level I have less experience with. I am curious if anybody knows of any books(picture, etc.) that can help my new young ones get interested in reading and enthusiastic about it? They are at a low reading level, and basic phonics instruction dictates my curriculum, but I want to be able to read aloud or have the students use trade books to teach for meaning. Making reading and learning as authentic as possible is my goal. If they see a purpose for reading, or gain an appreciation for it, my hope is that they will be even more successful in our program, and eventually make it back to their district with gusto!
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