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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s interesting to hear so much conversation or derision of a program based on kids not reading books.  When I think back to ES, yes there were stories in our reading books (some more interesting than others) but not full books. I don’t recall the entire class reading a full book together before 5th/6th grade when we did Anne Frank and even then some of it was assigned as homework.

Instead kids selected their own books and wrote book reports. Teachers would give prompts and you write your own story.  Sometime you just wrote your own story no prompt provided.  There was occasionally time provided in class for you to read your selected book.

The shared reading was a read aloud by the teacher for a few minutes (let’s say 15) each day or certain days of the week.  During this time kids just listen.  Some put their head down and listened.  Some stared out the window.  Others drew pictures or colored while listening to the reading.  Teacher may or may not ask questions aloud to see about comprehension.
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This is how I remember elementary school, too. I don't think we read Charlotte's Web and the like until maybe 4th grade. We were never reading the novels in school though, it was homework. A lot of kids didn't do their homework and a LOT of kids just went out and bought the Cliff Notes books instead of reading the whole book. I was an avid reader and I still used the Cliff Notes more than once, even in elementary school (thanks older siblings, LOL!). I don't love how parents here have this very romanticized memory of what their schooling was like and think that's what school should be like now. You're not remembering correctly.[/quote]

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