[Oz-gifted] Encouraging active participation

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Lisa
At our school the kids are asked to read aloud to the parents not because 
they can't read, but for fluency and pronunciation.  I find it helps with my 
kids. Sometimes they don't know how to pronounce words, or exactly what they 
mean.  And it really helps with their fluency and public speaking.

I have had numerous discussions with the teachers over just this matter, and 
that's the reasoning I was given. It made sense to me, and seems to be 
working with my kids.  They still read ALL the time, and I still just sign 
the book to say that they have read.  Usually we read aloud, but if we miss 
it I just sign the book anyway.

Lynda


>From: Lisa <lisa8 at tpg.com.au>
>Reply-To: oz-gifted at rite.ed.qut.edu.au
>To: oz-gifted at cobia.ed.qut.edu.au
>Subject: Re: [Oz-gifted] Encouraging active participation
>Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:14:46 +1000
>
>Ellen Hrebeniuk wrote:
> > WRT taking readers home:  see whether you think this is a battle
> > worth fighting.  What is the reason for the rule?  Perhaps the school
> > just doesn't have enough books?  Or perhaps there is no reason, and
> > you could say, well, my son is already reading at Year 2 level; can't
> > he be rewarded for his efforts?
> >
>We're past the 'taking home readers' stage, though I don't remember it
>fondly.
>We've also suffered the 'you can't borrow that book from the library
>because you're not old enough' stage (and I sort-of accepted the
>explanation that they were concerned more about appropriateness of
>content than reading age, and gave the book to DS from my own
>bookshelf/library).
>
>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).
>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.
>And then the snarky note comes home from the teacher- "Please remember
>to do your reading".
>So I drag out the homework book, scrawl the title of the current book,
>and write something absurd like "up to page 250, and I wasn't timing".
>
>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.
>Sigh.
>Here endeth the rant
>
>Lisa
>
>
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