I agree. As a child I loved to read. My mother opened the library to
me. Told the librarian I could read whatever I wanted to read, gave
me the books that should be read before college, when I was still in
5th grade. I loved reading. By 5th grade I was reading Russian
Novels, from the classic college prep list and short stories by
European and American writers. I think that it enriched my life and I
was fascinated to find that other people in other countries and times
asked the same types of questions that I was asking. I would not
have changed this at all. I do think it is important to help children
pick from a wide variety of literature.
PatK
On Apr 20, 2011, at 6:01 PM, corinne codjoe 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
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