[Oz-gifted] Encouraging active participation

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Lisa
I just sign the log with whatever they have been reading.  I usually forget 
for a week or more, then sign off a couple of weeks at a time.  I try to 
remember each week, usually ready for homework hand in on Friday.  Then I 
just ask each one what they have read for the week and sign all at once.  
Teacher is happy, job done, kids happy that they have read what they want, 
and complied with the requirements.

Lynda


>From: Lisa <lisa8 at tpg.com.au>
>Reply-To: oz-gifted at rite.ed.qut.edu.au
>To: keith.mcguinness at bigpond.com, oz-gifted at cobia.ed.qut.edu.au
>Subject: Re: [Oz-gifted] Encouraging active participation
>Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:50:13 +1000
>
>Keith McGuinness wrote:
> > Lisa wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>
> >
> > Alas, I think your rant is unjustified. The teacher is doing
> > their job. And part of their job is to check that the children
> > are doing the assigned work. Asking the parents to sign off is,
> > IMO, a reasonable way of doing that.
> >
> > I'm not talking about the suitability of the work, or the reading
> > material itself, just whether or not the request is reasonable.
> >
> > In this case, I feel for the teachers who, given that many
> > children do NOT read, try to check on that and then get stuck in
> > a "damned if they do and damned if they don't" spot. 8-)
> >
> > Keith McGuinness
> >
>Ah, you're right, Keith.
>I suppose I just wish that I didn't have to do it repeatedly.
>Maybe, each new year, for each teacher, I could write *one* signed note...
>
>Dear teacher,
>I hereby take full responsibility for my child's compliance with home
>reading requirements for the rest of the year.
>
>... but then the teacher would have to remember each week while marking
>homework, that some children in the class are different, and don't keep
>reading logs...
>
>I just need to be like the kids - follow the rules, do the homework as
>set, and try to fit in with the needs of the rest of the class and not
>ask for special treatment.
>
>Lisa
>
>
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