I like your idea of teaching students to "understand the world around them" so that they can continue to enjoy reading". and your point on focussing more on content decision making as in "what book elementary kids are choosing to read, and focussing less on "Passing Tests", and how you put it, " just enough to teach the skill as a practical matter". Nachi
when I looked over the list I felt the same way about maybe the "passing tests" not being as important for early childhood/elementary curriculum. Mostly, i preferred the way you worded it, that you were looking for the reading experience that you want to offer your students. I would not want to push passing tests, and I hope this is not my focus, but it will be necessary in the learning process for my students.
I just listened to my own yodio and I think what I meant to say in my very last statement was they need to understand the world around them so they can continues to enjoy reading AS A WAY OF ACCESSING MORE INFORMATION about the world they live in as well. Reading should be a rewarding way of uncovering new information as well as a source of entertainment...
Sarah, I had a hard time as well trying to figure out which words could be excluded. I felt like I had to choose something in the end and, looking back, I would probably change them. Passing Tests" is a tricky one...
I like this Sarah, "Reading should be a rewarding way of uncovering new information as well as a source of entertainment..." It is great to be reminded that we can teach the importance of "having fun", reading for "entertainment and fun". Sometimes I visit classrooms and feel that we are forgetting how to have fun as teachers, how much fun learning can and should be. I have seen classrooms with an unspoken atmosphere of "recess is fun", learning is a chore, you learn only the bare amount enough to pass the test, you are fine. Mmmmm....
Sarah- There is no audio, just your cute lil face. Take 2. . . I am curious to see what words you are NOT including
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of teaching students to "understand the world around them" so that they can continue to enjoy reading". and your point on focussing more on content decision making as in "what book elementary kids are choosing to read, and focussing less on "Passing Tests", and how you put it, " just enough to teach the skill as a practical matter". Nachi
ReplyDeletewhen I looked over the list I felt the same way about maybe the "passing tests" not being as important for early childhood/elementary curriculum. Mostly, i preferred the way you worded it, that you were looking for the reading experience that you want to offer your students. I would not want to push passing tests, and I hope this is not my focus, but it will be necessary in the learning process for my students.
ReplyDeleteI just listened to my own yodio and I think what I meant to say in my very last statement was they need to understand the world around them so they can continues to enjoy reading AS A WAY OF ACCESSING MORE INFORMATION about the world they live in as well. Reading should be a rewarding way of uncovering new information as well as a source of entertainment...
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ReplyDeleteI had a hard time as well trying to figure out which words could be excluded. I felt like I had to choose something in the end and, looking back, I would probably change them. Passing Tests" is a tricky one...
I like this Sarah, "Reading should be a rewarding way of uncovering new information as well as a source of entertainment..."
ReplyDeleteIt is great to be reminded that we can teach the importance of "having fun", reading for "entertainment and fun". Sometimes I visit classrooms and feel that we are forgetting how to have fun as teachers, how much fun learning can and should be. I have seen classrooms with an unspoken atmosphere of "recess is fun", learning is a chore, you learn only the bare amount enough to pass the test, you are fine. Mmmmm....