tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post6722254733385171130..comments2024-02-17T21:40:24.532-07:00Comments on Carol's Corner: READING HOMEWORKCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-76715945957721422822011-03-21T20:32:20.372-06:002011-03-21T20:32:20.372-06:00Very, very powerful post Carol! I loved it and ca...Very, very powerful post Carol! I loved it and cannot agree more.Tif Sweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015299390676538748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-47354065223951425632011-03-14T13:28:04.988-06:002011-03-14T13:28:04.988-06:00As a middle school teacher, I read to all my stude...As a middle school teacher, I read to all my students almost evey day, even if it was only for a short time. For my students (and for me), it was the best part of the day. We laughed, cried (The Day No Pigs Would Die), and marveled over stories and novels both well known and obscure. Often I found that students, impatient with the pace of the reading, would get their own copy of the book to find out what happened. Many went on to read other books by the author. Reading was a delight. Did it last for them into high school? I hope so.<br /><br />I only wish I had continued to read to my own children when they reached middle and high schools.S. B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06462483945384837719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-8602629706171831242011-03-13T05:07:46.382-06:002011-03-13T05:07:46.382-06:00This breaks my heart.
And it makes me realize how...This breaks my heart.<br /><br />And it makes me realize how ahead of his time and forward thinking my College Prep Language Arts teacher was in high school. We wrote contracts for the work we would complete each grading period. We had CHOICE. And we wound up working ourselves harder than he ever could have. Maybe I didn't have the most "perfect" education, but I had time to read. (And, I guess we can't forget, this was before the era of TESTING.)Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-57336356133895605022011-03-10T20:04:52.899-07:002011-03-10T20:04:52.899-07:00How sad but true is your second to last paragraph....How sad but true is your second to last paragraph.<br /><br />My daughter is only 5 but this week for the first time she fought me on homework from Kindergarten. She said, "This is stupid."<br /><br />I worry about her schooling. I worry about her sitting through stuff that "is stupid". I worry that she will get frustrated with reading class in elementary school. I worry that school is boring. <br /><br />Your post was fantastic and eye-opening. Thank you so much - from a parent that will soon be in your shoes.Happy Birthday Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448906292013689765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-65480513876880561642011-03-10T16:38:17.409-07:002011-03-10T16:38:17.409-07:00I'm glad you posted this. Helping kids become ...I'm glad you posted this. Helping kids become readers is one of my goals. I'm currently teaching middle school, and having a great deal of success turning my reluctant and resistant readers (mostly boys) into readers-even if they still don't think of themselves as readers, they are experiencing reading for fun.<br /><br />Next year I will be teaching high school. I plan to try to continue many of my current habits- read aloud, independent reading; but I'm not sure how I'm going to balance the have to read with the want to read. I know it will be different.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01959187238319004873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-61205767784474538022011-03-10T09:12:02.197-07:002011-03-10T09:12:02.197-07:00What an eloquent testimonial, Carol. Can you just ...What an eloquent testimonial, Carol. Can you just "leave" a book somewhere and let them pick it up ... like we did when they were kids?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com