I agree with Nancy.... accountability for other work, then a choice of
what to do, and if that choice is reading, why are we complaining?
Isn't this what we want? I would think this child would be a great
asset and role model in literature circles or book sharing circles. The
reading itself is much more valuable that doing some "reading related"
project designed to make a student stop reading.
Renee..... avoiding the looking glass.....
On Apr 21, 2011, at 5:29 AM, Nancy Wittner 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
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