Hello All, Would you share your thoughts about requiring a certain number of books to be read per quarter? I use and teach the thinking strategies and we do much work honing those skills. Although I use mentor texts for lessons, the bulk of reading is student choice. Prior to this "thinking culture", I used AR tests and had point goals for each student. I read (and loved) The Book Whisperer and felt like I needed some type of "requirement" to keep reluctant readers focused on that goal - thus the 6 book per quarter goal.
What I am seeing, however, is that students who haven't met their goal yet are choosing short, easy books to just finish the goal rather than digging into a book they would truly love or want to read. I think that defeats the purpose of developing a passion for reading...it becomes more of a chore. Any suggestion or advice would be welcome. Should I continue with a number requirement per quarter? How do I keep those reluctant or lazy readers reading of there is no requirement??? Thanks...in advance. Terry -- *Stress (substitue "worry") is a form of atheism; it infers that you do not believe God is in control.* * * `´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*: _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
