Have to love it.... But I've also valued some of the other answers. Sally
On 4/20/11 6:01 PM, "corinne codjoe" <[email protected]> wrote: > HI. > When my daughter was in 4th grade she was exactly the same. She would live to > read. At one point I asked her to stop reading because it consumed her life. > I, even once, asked her to take a day off reading. Then she claimed she had > nothing to do! So I just supported her reading bygiving her different genres > to read, different types of literature, etc. In her teenager years she was > still an avid reader but then she picked up new interests too. Today she is in > law school ! If my daughter had not focused on reading so much she wouldn't > be able to cope with the tremendous amount of reading and focus that law > school demands. Some kids are musical and spend hours playing and focusin gon > music, others are artistic and would like to draw all day, others want to > dance all day! What's wrong with wanting to read all day? Just provide > enriching and engaging literature..etc. Corinne > > > ________________________________ > From: judy fiene <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 11:22 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Suggestions needed > > Hi All, > I'm looking for suggestions on what to do with a 4th grade boy who likes to > read and won't do anything else but read (I know, hard to believe). He reads > instead of doing his homework. He finishes his in-class schoolwork fast in > order to read. The teacher tells her class that if they finish their work > early they could read. So, this fellow finishes early -- rushing -- and then > reads. He has become somewhat passive in wanting to do anything but read. > Any ideas on how to help his learning be more enriched because of his > willingness to read?? > Judy > > Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that > by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they > don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it." > --Sir William Haley, > British newspaper editor and broadcasting administrator > > Please consider the environment before printing this message. > _______________________________________________ > 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.
