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Although my students are doing better on test practices, I know that they are not becoming readers. With only 2 hours a day in my elementary classroom for Reading/ELA, my students seldom have time to actually read. Very few of them read at home, in spite of mighty efforts on my part to bribe them into reading! There are so many skills to teach that class time is jammed with lessons, and because of time issues, too often teacher-directed lectures (because that is a faster, tho not as effective)way to cover more ground. I know that my students were better readers 20 years ago at this age than these children are, but these are much better test-takers. I worry that we are indeed teaching students that reading is an evil to be avoided. Even though I work hard to make it fun, interesting, and interactive, the truth is that we more to cover and less time...so students miss the richness of the reading experience. So sad, so sad. Kids need time during their school day to ponder, to wonder, to r...See More
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On 12/12/10, kids doing better on tests, reading less and less well wrote: > Although my students are doing better on test practices, I > know that they are not becoming readers. With only 2 hours > a day in my elementary classroom for Reading/ELA, my > students seldom have time to actually read. Very few of > them read at home, in s...See More
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