Boys this age and older typically like graphic novels, non-fiction, adventure fiction, magazines on sports, etc. I find that my first and second grade boys are as particular about their reading selections as older boys can be. I try to provide a variety of reading material for my kiddos. Girls will read boys books, but boys will not read girl books. If you are interested in boys literacy issues you might want to consider reading William Brozo "To Be a Boy, To Be a Reader". He covers a lot of research into boys literacy issues and has organized several archetypes that boys typically fit into concerning literacy. Also, archived copies of 'The Reading Teacher', and 'Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy" have many informative articles on boys and literacy issues. You might want to check them out.
Deidra Chandler, NC MA Early Childhood Ed MA Reading MultiSensory Structured Language Intervention Tutor ----- Original Message ----- From: "ANNESECJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Book for reluctant boys > My third grade boys recently discovered this book also. One boy did a book > talk on it and now the other boys are fighting over the only copy in our > library. Time to order more.......like I haven't spent enough money this > year on books! Carla > > > > In a message dated 03/21/08 17:51:23 Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > My fourth grade boys went ga ga for Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1 and #2 by Jeff > Kinney. One boy read it, and couldn't keep his eyes out of it. When his > friends finally plied him from the book, that's all he could talk about > Soon, every boy had a copy of the book, and they had formed their own lit > circle for it. About the time I knew what had happened, they finished the > book and moved on to book #2 Somedays are diamonds . . . > > Joy/NC/4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content > go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
