December Blog 5 Lynn Brady:
Miller- Section 1 Is There Enough Time?
Independent reading is my favorite time of the day. I love to
sit with a student and listen to them read their books to me. However, during
this time I also seem to be policing who is reading, who is walking around the
room looking for a book and the dreaded question “What is this word?” I know I
don’t have that one-on-one uninterrupted time that I need to be able to fully
conference with my students. I agree
with the author that finding time to read can be difficult. I did laugh as I
read about all the different activities that the school in Baltimore had going
on when trying to find more time to read. Some of the areas that I found funny
were the calendar time, dressing the bear, and especially the ten minute
morning announcements. Thank goodness we don’t have that at our school. The article also mentioned about how the
teacher needs to talk about students creating or gaining meaning of a text. I
understand the need to talk and also have students reflect on their reading.
However, this is an area I need to work on. Giving students lots of
opportunities to read throughout the day is very important. I feel I provide
many reading opportunities for my students but I need to make sure I am taking
it a step farther to help them gain the meaning of the text.
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