[Oz-gifted] Encouraging active participation

[Suzie]

I got over the compulsory reading at night by making my kids 
write  whatever in book they were currently reading and then signing 
it.  Occasionally I checked them, but not formally.  I mostly trusted 
them to have actually read the book and sometimes they had to choose 
which book to write in.

Thank goodness we're past that.

Suzie

At 10:15 AM 3/08/2006, you wrote:
>At 9:14 AM +1000 3/8/06, Lisa wrote:
>
> >But after the take-home readers (at our school) comes the homework sheet
> >with the 'please have your parents sign here that you've done your 15
> >minutes reading each day'. This stage is just annoying.
> >
> >I mean, my kids (and probably all of yours) READ. They read in the car,
> >they read during meals, they try to sneak-read after bedtime on school
> >nights. We have more trouble *stopping* them from reading to get some
> >sleep (or get dressed, or eat, or all those other boring chores).
>
><wince>  Our elder boy gets into trouble most mornings for reading
>instead of getting dressed.  No idea where he got that from <cough>
>
> >I don't *time* them for 15 minutes each night, and their reading is not
> >associated with homework, so I *never* remember to sign their homework
> >books. [...] You'd think they'd learn. But no. A few weeks later, I
> >am again being berated by the teacher for not *making* my child
> >complete the obligatory
> >15 minutes per night.
>
>LOL -- could you get the kids to present their homework books to you
>at tea-time or something, or with the notes?  Sounds to me like the
>teacher is a bit anally-retentive, or possibly that there is some CYA
>going on; in either case you can't do much.  I suppose you could ask
>the teacher how to STOP your children reading -- that'll get you some
>attention!
>--
>Ellen Hrebeniuk
>Sydney, Australia
>
>Being a librarian is how you change the world.
>Nancy Pearl
>
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