I think you have answered your own question in your second paragraph.
Instead of a "number of books" read requirement, how about a required
"amount of time reading" requirement.... if you must have something
to check off.
I used to have my 2nd and 3rd graders keep track of their Reading at
Home in fractional amounts of an hour, and on Fridays they brought in
their weekly "at home" logs and we added it all up..... great
fractions lesson! Much better than any you'll get in a book. And
yes, it was time-consuming. Then a new form went home on Friday night.
just a thought....
Renee
On Oct 4, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Terry wrote:
Hello All,
Would you share your thoughts about requiring a certain number of
books to
be read per quarter? I use and teach the thinking strategies and
we do much
work honing those skills. Although I use mentor texts for lessons,
the bulk
of reading is student choice. Prior to this "thinking culture", I
used AR
tests and had point goals for each student. I read (and loved) The
Book
Whisperer and felt like I needed some type of "requirement" to keep
reluctant readers focused on that goal - thus the 6 book per
quarter goal.
What I am seeing, however, is that students who haven't met their
goal yet
are choosing short, easy books to just finish the goal rather than
digging
into a book they would truly love or want to read. I think that
defeats the
purpose of developing a passion for reading...it becomes more of a
chore.
Any suggestion or advice would be welcome. Should I continue with
a number
requirement per quarter? How do I keep those reluctant or lazy
readers
reading of there is no requirement???
Thanks...in advance.
Terry
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