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On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Jan Sanders <[email protected]> wrote: > I had my students read every night. The first 15 minutes of the school day > they met with a partner (their choice -could stay the same or change daily) > and told them about their book, why they liked it (or didn't) something > about the setting or character... I had a list of conversation starters, > but once they understood this was to meet with someone and talk about > reading or what they read last night, the starters were rarely used. Maybe > once a week I had 1 or 2 students not read. They were allowed to read > whatever they wanted -just be ready to talk about it. The students got > very > excited about reading and loved that they didn't have to write about it for > homework, or bug mom or dad, or auntie, or grandma to sign a log. > During those 15 minutes I would walk around to listen in to partner talk. > We would meet as a class afterwards at the open space on the carpet (close > together) and I would have a few students share what their partner had said > while they met that day (this kept them listening to their partner as they > never knew who would be called on to share that day). The partner was > allowed to interject if they wanted to clarify something. > Jan > > I had parents tell me they loved the homework and students became > motivated, > excited readers. I even had students decide to read the same book so they > could talk about it together. > > Jan > You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your > grandmother. > -Albert Einstein > "*If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for > reward, > then we are a sorry lot indeed.*" Albert Einstein > > > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 9:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > I would greatly appreciate your thoughts about the use of reading logs > in > > my sixth grade reading/writing workshop. My homework policy is that > students > > read 30 minutes 5 nights a week or 150 minutes a week. They are free to > read > > any book they choose. I give students a reading log, due every Monday, > that > > asks them to document the minutes they read nightly, I ask them to write > > about their independent reading weekly, based on the strategies and or > > elements of literature we were studying. I maintain a classroom library > and > > students have access to the school library every 2 weeks. My problem is > that > > my homework completion rate is TERRIBLE. Rather , I should say that fewer > > than 50% of my students regularly turn in their homework. Atwell, Miller, > > and many, many other language arts teachers consider reading at home an > > important part of their reading program. I am tempted to drop the the > > reading log requiremnent, but I don't want to "dumb down" my expectations > > for my students who are predominantly blue collar and poor. I want > students > > to have some accountability, but at the same time I don't want to make > the > > homework process so cumbersome that it turns my students off to reading > > independently. What are your experiences and insights that can help? > Thank > > you. > > > > Darlene Kellum > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- *Stress (substitue "worry") is a form of atheism; it infers that you do not believe God is in control.* * * `´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*: _______________________________________________ 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
