I was wondering if you could manage to keep your post under 2 minutes, hahaha. ;)
I notice you mention he did some looking to you when reading words he didn't quite know, which I think is typical of students as they are taught to read aloud. Have you asked him what he does if he can't say a word when he is reading silently?
He sounds like a pretty good student for an 8 year old. The attitude and effort that we all hope for in an ideal student is there. Inferencing is a skill that many of the high schoolers lack. I wonder if you shared your feedback with him and did the test again if he would be able to read without skipping over words?
It is too bad that he is a Beavers fan. Sounds like a lifetime of disappointment is coming his way.
It sounds like he is pretty smart and is on the right track to being a good student. Asking questions and emphasizing punctuation are good things to be doing at that age. It shows that he knows what he is reading and putting it all together. He is probably reading at a much higher level than his actual grade. That is an interesting question that you posed at the end about whether looking at the pictures is good or not. I bet it is beneficial to him that he can decipher what is going on without looking at the pictures. Some kids as they grow up may struggle with not having pictures, but he already has made that transition.
I'm glad to hear your student had an interest in an article above his reading level, even when given choices! That's great news. Hopefully we will create reading environments in our classroom that are rich with reading material above, at, and below our students' reading level. Experience with words repeatedly will give them that context experience that really solidifies meaning. Reading at your grade level is great because the content is usually age appropriate and reading should be fluid, but challenging at times. Reading above your grade level, if not too far above, will give you those first exposures to information that you will link to concepts in school and in life.
I was wondering if you could manage to keep your post under 2 minutes, hahaha. ;)
ReplyDeleteI notice you mention he did some looking to you when reading words he didn't quite know, which I think is typical of students as they are taught to read aloud. Have you asked him what he does if he can't say a word when he is reading silently?
He sounds like a pretty good student for an 8 year old. The attitude and effort that we all hope for in an ideal student is there. Inferencing is a skill that many of the high schoolers lack. I wonder if you shared your feedback with him and did the test again if he would be able to read without skipping over words?
ReplyDeleteIt is too bad that he is a Beavers fan. Sounds like a lifetime of disappointment is coming his way.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like he is pretty smart and is on the right track to being a good student. Asking questions and emphasizing punctuation are good things to be doing at that age. It shows that he knows what he is reading and putting it all together. He is probably reading at a much higher level than his actual grade. That is an interesting question that you posed at the end about whether looking at the pictures is good or not. I bet it is beneficial to him that he can decipher what is going on without looking at the pictures. Some kids as they grow up may struggle with not having pictures, but he already has made that transition.
I'm glad to hear your student had an interest in an article above his reading level, even when given choices! That's great news. Hopefully we will create reading environments in our classroom that are rich with reading material above, at, and below our students' reading level. Experience with words repeatedly will give them that context experience that really solidifies meaning. Reading at your grade level is great because the content is usually age appropriate and reading should be fluid, but challenging at times. Reading above your grade level, if not too far above, will give you those first exposures to information that you will link to concepts in school and in life.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the follow-up questions gang! I'll ask him tomorrow at after school!
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