Thank you for affirming what I have always beleived... many good readers are not performers... they are misunderstood if judged by their oral reading.
----- Original Message ----- From: Bill IVEY To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Cc: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Sent: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:21:56 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [LIT] (no subject) "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." on Monday, October 05, 2009 at 4:39 AM -0500 wrote: >Amen to that.... I tell these teachers who have kids read aloud that it >should only be done if they have allowed the reader to practice the >paragraph he or she is to read in advance... by that I mean practice a >lot... for his or her performance. Hi! I've had kids in my class want to read aloud, and I'll tell them something similar - if they want to practice ahead, we can talk, but I won't let them just do a cold reading. As someone who used to have to focus so hard on reading fluently aloud in class that I didn't take in any meaning at all, I want to avoid having that happen to my students (or was that just me? hmnmm). Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
