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How do we get them to enjoy reading?

by Hermione

Sep 24, 2009

How do you convince reluctant readers (some of whom may be reluctant because they are remedial) that once they get it, reading is like watching a movie in your head and very enjoyable? How do you make them see that it is way more than decoding the words? I saw a few 7th graders in a classroom who were sitting there with the books in their hands but they were not reading them. They were going through the motions. I saw one student with the book, "The Skin I'm In" which is a title I have been wanting to take out of the library and read myself. But this student was not into it. How can we get even remedial readers to experience the page-turning effect where you can't wait to see what's next?

Madeline Sanders Kids need to appreciate the relationship between what they're reading and their real world experiences. Thus, consider giving them an assignment that will help connect what they're reading with a real world experience -- maybe a minor project format-- importantly, it must be exciting -- reading is laborious when the understanding level is limited. ...See More

Sep 24, 2009

Brett Have you considered reading aloud to these students on a daily basis? Maybe 10 minutes out of each class period. You could read "The Skin I'm In" to them. Have class discussions about the daily reading. Use ideas and events from the book as writing prompts. When finished reading one book, begin another chosen by you or one of your students. Possibl...See More

Sep 24, 2009

Teri First, you need to drown yourself in children's or adolescent literature. You need to become an expert. Then, you'll be prepared to help match students to books that they'll like.

Book talks are one way to hook kids. Tell the kids a bit about the book (about the plot, action, etc--NOT about awards its won, etc,). Read a bit aloud to them;...See More

Sep 25, 2009

Jo Ahh, but Hermione, reading is not like watching a movie in one's head for all readers. There are a fair number children who cannot translate the words into pictures in their heads. Some are not visual thinkers for much of anything, some just can't turn the words into a picture even though they might be highly visual in many other ways.

My...See More

Sep 25, 2009

vet teacher I think of it like this - let's say you had a huge boot you had to wear on one foot. How much would you enjoy running? Likely not much. How much would you enjoy a brisk walk? Or walking at all if when you did it, you had to haul around this big boot? Your statement of 'once they get it' confuses me. Once they get what? The phoenetic code? Reading f...See More

Sep 27, 2009

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