Tuesday, November 4, 2008
First time with report cards
I filled out report cards for the first time this week. I still have more to fill out before parent conferences, but the reading reports are in and I have my new class. I'm keeping 12 of the 14, losing two to lower leveled classes, and gaining two who are moving up. As they are changing the other teachers in the building are going to be reading new novels because they have so much change. I'm thinking about whether I stop reading 1776 to my class and find something else what that "something else" will be. The read aloud needs to be two levels above them, at least. I'm teaching at a ninth grade level and so most texts I can choose are going to be quite difficult, and long. But if I keep going with this text that I'm about halfway through I'm not going to be able to get the two new students up to speed and the others aren't really too invested. Any suggestions on a text for 5th and 6th graders reading at a high school level?
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Consider the traits for good readers. Your students might be reading at a higher level, but maybe they could be working on comprehension strategies or critical thinking. This might be a good time to make connections to other texts or real world situations. If there is an issue within the class, this might also be a good way to create open dialogue with the text being the catalyst. Students can learn from lower leveled texts, it just depends on how you use them. Review the good reader characteristics from Fountas and Pinell for some idea. We also have this problem. Our higher leveled students are reading novels then blogging with another class from the dist. This is creating a dialogue for critical thinking.
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