Is it ok to stop mid-book and switch to another?!!

by new teacher with bored 5th graders

Mar 26, 2008

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I feel like I'm torturing my fifth grade students with the
book we're going through- and it is soooo long! I feel so
hypocritical to give them this book to read seeing as it is
pretty dull for me as well.

There are two months left to go with Lowry's great "Number
the Stars" and "Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry" waiting to be
read-- along with many other classics I could have them go
through.

Would that give a bad impression (on the parents) or bad
example for the kids if I decided we were going to switch to
a new book?

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sarah /blockquote>

It depends--is the book a "read-aloud"? If so, you can tie
that in with a lesson on when you should abandon a book.
That's a good lesson for any reader to learn. I had kids
who would try to struggle through a book that was too hard
or not interesting to them until I taught that lesson.

Mar 26, 2008

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it's not a read aloud /blockquote>

The class is going through it indepenendently and in class.
They are class with less motivation than most, so I'm starting
to think it my better a better use of their time to move on to
the other books.

On 3/26/08, sarah wrote:
> It depends--is the book a "read-aloud"? If so, you can tie
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Mar 27, 2008

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Booklady /blockquote>

There are way too many great books for kids to experience so I'd
choose one that catches their interest especially if your goal
is to get them reading.

On 3/27/08, it's not a read aloud wrote:
> The class is going through it indepenendently and in class.
> They are class with less motivation t...See More

Apr 1, 2008

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Ima Teacher /blockquote>

I'd certainly switch to another book rather than have them
flounder around in one that they didn't enjoy. I have "abandoned"
books with classes a few times. I do make sure that we discuss
exactly why I chose to do so, and we talk about reasons to abandon
books.

Apr 11, 2008

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