When do all the kids read the same book as a class?
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Anonymous
It isn’t dyslexia. All kids are getting poor instruction in all grades. It is part inability to focus on reading an actual book, or they just don’t want to and won’t- so teacher reads it or plays it on audio. 70% of kids are not meeting grade level reading proficiency. They aren’t all dyslexic |
Anonymous
What book did they read? |
Anonymous
Nationwide. The stat is nationwide. This isn’t necessarily true in most of our schools where UMC families send their kids. Sad but true. |
Anonymous
| FCPS and my kids have had book clubs since 4th grade. My sixth grader read the giver and disappearing spoon so far this year. My middle schooler read Born a Crime and Julius Caesar, among other things. My freshman read book thief and now reading student choice. |
Anonymous
| Non-NOVA public elementary school - in 4th grade, the entire class reads a book together and does work based off of it. I believe they read three, maybe four books over the school year. In 5th grade, the kids form small groups based off of genre, they choose the genre and age-appropriate books and do the work assigned by the teacher. They finish a book every three weeks, but taking a week off here and there, they’ve read about 10 books by the end of the year. |
Anonymous
| When I was a kid we read 3 full books as a class starting in 6th grade. More in MS or HS. The Hobbit was one of those books. |
Anonymous
I didn’t say that, did I? PP was rude and blaming kids for not being able to read. Quit being a jerk to kids, and insist that all kids are taught to read well enough to read novels in 3rd grade. It’s not a pipe dream. I teach dyslexic kids to read, and it isn’t rocket science or impossible. They can all read novels if taught properly. |
Anonymous
| My kids started this in Kindergarten in DCPS. |
Anonymous
| We read so many books as class starting in 4th grade. I specially remember two of the books in 4th being A Bridge to Terabithia and A Wrinkle in Time. And we had to take turns reading aloud in class. Do kids do this anymore? |
Anonymous
Why would they? How does that help anyone? Ours start in second grade. In kindergarten and first grade they are reading according to their level. They read Roald Dahl, Mildred Taylor books like Let the Circle be Unbroken, The Family Under the Bridge are some of them. |
Anonymous
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DP. Reading aloud in class and taking turns helps teachers evaluate fluency and reading level.
As a kid, we also found it fun. |
Anonymous
Private school starting in early ES. |
Anonymous
It is fun if the child is a fluent reading and doesn’t have any speech differences (accent, stuttering, etc.) Not so much fun if your classmates will stare, whisper, or laugh at you. |
Anonymous
Our church volunteers at Stanton ES. They do not do that there, at least not in K or 1st. So I think the above experience is not usual city wide. |
Anonymous
It’s extremely helpful. It in increases fluency, pronunciation, and forces kids to actually read and pay attention (since you could be called to pick up at any time). Playing the book on Audio means most are probably zoning out and not engaged at all. Silent reading means many of the kids maybe just glancing over words they don’t know with no idea what they mean or how to say them. Reading aloud is extremely beneficial |