Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Really Reading
Reading this article brought up some bad memories about my own Accelerated Reader program experience throughout middle school. I think that a lot of what was talked about was similar to the experiences that I have had. I think that we as teachers, owe it to our students to help make reading fun. I think with programs like AR, the fun is sucked out of reading one test at a time. Students should be able to read what they enjoy without being told they can't because "that book isn't an AR book!" With little motivation to read books with new techology all around us as it is, I think that teachers should try everything they can to help engage students and to increase their motivation to pick up a book and read!
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I definitely agree that as teachers we need to make reading fun! I can vividly remember neglecting certain books because they were not AR.
ReplyDeleteI also have negative experiences with AR. I really enjoyed reading this article because i could relate to alot of experiences from middle school. I think that this is a very flawed system, because students are not taught how to be creative with the books they are reading - they are taught that if what they notice doesn't answer the content questions, it is not valid.
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