Chapter Two The Realities of Reading

Good information so far, wouldn't you say.  I wish I knew this when I was teaching 8th graders science 18 years ago.

Respond with a comment please...

What has been your experience with what Ms. Tovani describes as resistive readers and word callers? What strategies have you found successful? 

Do you agree, based on your experience, with the seven strategies used by successful readers as proposed on page 17?  If you are not a reading teacher was this new to you?

What did you learn or what did have reinforced to you from pages 19-20 with regards to our students' elementary reading experience as compared to what they experience with us in the middle school?

Chapter One Fake Reading

Good Morning All!

I hope you have enjoyed getting started with our reading of Cris Tovani's book.  I haven't gotten as far as I would have liked at this point but we will make it.  Today's post is about chapter one.

Have you had students that fake read?  React to the list of things the kids do on pages 6 and 7 when they read.  Sound familiar?

Do you agree with the author that students often perceive reading as drudgery?  Is your toughest challenge getting reluctant readers to read?  I wonder though is it only struggling readers that are reluctant?

What do you think of her strategy to "disarming their defenses" by using a past experience of reading that was important or meaningful to them?  What about her personal example? 

Looks like some great chapters ahead.  Please respond with your comments and check back regularly.
Thanks for your participation!! 

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