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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looks like some deal teachers are trying to get students to read actual books by giving them a list of books, sati ng pick one, read 30 minutes every night at home, and do a one paragraph book report on it.  One book each term so we are back to 4-5 books.

But basically this is just making parents enforce independent reading. My reluctant reader won't do this this without a wwIII battle - she will bluff her way through using the graphic novels on the list or reading the blurb and writing from that.  She doesn't do ai yet or look up book summaries, but she'll figure that out pretty quick.  If it was assigned at school she'd read it.  [/quote]

I don’t understand, why would she read the book if it was assigned, instead of using AI or looking up book summaries? It’s not magic. The only way to confirm that kids are actually reading assigned material is to use classroom time for the reading. And classroom time is limited. So that’s a strong argument in favor of the shorter texts used in the new curriculum.

If you want your reluctant kid to actually read books at home you are going to have to be the enforcer. Or I guess you could pay someone else to watch them read. There’s nothing a teacher or curriculum can do about what happens in your home. [/quote]

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