In response to what Renee says:
"If we want to teach reading well, we must first read widely and voraciously." I passionately agree with this but the situation saddens me to some degree. My experiences take me to elementary classrooms and through undergraduate and graduate levels of students. What I find is that people are reading less and watching more and more. The big screen has brought so much literature to life that people don't have to read anymore to capture some of the great classics. I wonder if anyone is engaging in thoughtful conversations about these films. My undergraduate students tell me all the time, "We haven't read that, but we did see the movie." Does this bother anyone else? How can we steer our youth away from these screens? Or should we? Can anyone help me see the good in Hollywood's decisions? I am seeing this lack of reading at all levels as well. I have a concern that some teachers, new and experienced, are?relying on technology to do the teaching.?And not just watching movies, but putting kids in front of computer screens too often. The wide reading that we know is necessary to develop deeper comprehension, not to mention vocabulary knowledge, seem to be squeezed out of the daily schedule more and more. Cathy K-5 DE From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 3/25/2008 7:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Understand] Make Sense _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
