How awesome. What a great man your husband is. What is a spilitter jack
On Jul 22, 2009, at 8:27 PM, EDWARD JACKSON wrote:
Last year my husband introduced science fiction to his middle school
students. After discovering that many of them had never successfully
complete a novel, he decided to offer all six novel choices to ALL
readers via audio books. He did so by purchasing the books online
(you can load legally on four computers) and buying a simple
headphone splitter jack--and there you have it, middle school
listening posts. It proved an intoxicating unit. Nearly all
students liked the audio at first, but as the books grabbed their
interests, most turned to reading text without support. All but
three students (out of over 65 kids in a poverty stricken, reading
as an issue community) successfully finished their novels and many,
including some of the toughest and hardest to reach, read two and
some three! The discussions were rich--and every student had access
to the club.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist
Broken Bow, NE
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To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:22:15 -0400
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Audio Texts
Hi Karen,
I have not used audio texts on a professional level. However, on a
personal
level, I have used them with my high school son. We started this
strategy
when he was in 9th grade at the recommendation of his English
teacher. This
strategy proved to be effective by allowing my son to keep up with
the
required reading for class. Needless to say, he was very
encouraged by
this. We basically used texts that were on cd's that I got from
the public
library. It took a little work on my part as a parent to locate
some of the
texts, but it was an investment I was willing to devote time to.
Additionally, my son would either follow along in the same book
that was
being read aloud on cd, or sometimes just listen to the cd without
following
along. I always made sure to ask him questions and talk with him
about what
he listened to in order to check his comprehension. The texts we
used were
mainly narrative and literature based. We didn't use any audio
expository
texts.
Some books you might want to check out are:
Reading Don't Fix No Chevy's (I don't know author)
This book is about boys and their struggles in school and with
reading. It
includes personal stories of middle and high schoolers, and
classroom ideas.
When Kids Can't Read, What Teachers Can Do-A Guide for teachers
6-12 by
Kylene Beers.
This book is essential and is filled with strategies, booklist,
materials
you can print. The book covers comprehension, vocab, fluency, word
recognition, and motivation
I Won't Read and You Can't Make Me, Reaching Reluctant Teen Readers
by
Marilyn Reynolds.
This book is mainly about Silent Sustained Reading, but includes
ideas for
choosing books for middle and high schoolers to read,
bibliotherapy, and
various tricks of the trade.
Hope this helps :)
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
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On Behalf
Of Karen Carol Ramgadoo
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 4:09 PM
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Audio Texts
Hello,
After the administration of the QRI, one of my students was diagnosed
with a serious discrepancy between his chronological grade level:
Eight
and his level at which he can read: Five. Since I teach third
grade, I
became concerned as to what are effective strategies for students in
middle schools? Has anyone ever used audio texts as a way of
motivating your students to read?
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