This is reassuring -- thanks so much for your thoughts! On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Nancy Wittner < [email protected]> wrote:
> This fourth grader sounder like my daughter at that age. In my opinion, > adults should get out of the way and let the child read. Isn't a life > long love of reading what we want to instill in students. Now that > doesn't mean not holding him accountible for classwork and homework. If > he is making silly mistakes on his classwork or turning in sloppy or > substandard work, have him redo instead of reading. I had a rubric system > for my daughter, if it met my high standards then she could read all she > wanted. The same for homework, that had to be done first, before reading. > I think that time spent reading, is much more productive than assignments > 'with a reading topic' such as letter sto authors. However, using him as > a 'classroom authority' on his favorite genre or authors with book > commercials or reccomendations would play to his strengths and build him > into the classroom community. > > > Thanks > Nancy > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- 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.
