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From: Mayra <mayra>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:28:15 -0500
The best case against motivational products in reading I believe I read in an article on The Reading Genie and it's what I tell my colleagues. Think about it: No one gave you a treat or a prize to get you to like pizza. You like pizza because you tasted it and you found out you liked it. Not everyone likes the same kind of pizza. It's the same with books. You have to read until you find the kind you like and then take it from there.
My kids have sign-up sheets for books because some books become so popular in my classroom that the waiting list had to be designed. I teach first grade and we were waiting for a whole month for the new Todd Parr book, _The Peace Book_ to come out. First graders (in my class) also like Keiko Kasza, Byron Burton, and Lois Ehlert. They also love the Martha Speaks books (Susan Meddaugh - sp?) and the Preston the pig books
- I believe those are by an English author. I've found out that the readability plays a part when it comes to emergent readers, but the story itself has to have some pull. My kiddos also love the Brand New Readers sets. These are very predictable, eight page booklets that come in sets of 4. They are extremely easy readers with a punch line at the end. One student read a Kazam book from the series, and I had to go buy more because so many other kids wanted to read them. They stack them in their reading crates and won't let go!
The motivation that I offer my students comes in the shape of variety. I keep a vast amount of books in my little classroom since I never know what someone might be interested in. My latest jewel: an easy reader about slugs!
Mayra S. Negron First grade La Escuela Fratney Milwaukee, WI
Message----From: Megan Schliesman [mailto:Schliesman at education.wisc.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:40 PM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: [ccbc-net] Reading Motivation Products
One of the things I'm curious about is whether and how programs designed to encourage reading motivation, such as those where students read and take computerized tests on books to earn points, are impacting the choices they make for reading. And if so, how?
I've heard stories from librarians and teachers on both sides of the issue--some say kids are reading more becuase of such motivational products, and others are lamenting the fact that kids are limiting their own choices to the books on their reading list to earn points, rather than choosing a book to read for pleasure from among the many possibilities out there.
What are your thoughts and experiences?
Megan
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, Wi 53706 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:28:15 -0500
The best case against motivational products in reading I believe I read in an article on The Reading Genie and it's what I tell my colleagues. Think about it: No one gave you a treat or a prize to get you to like pizza. You like pizza because you tasted it and you found out you liked it. Not everyone likes the same kind of pizza. It's the same with books. You have to read until you find the kind you like and then take it from there.
My kids have sign-up sheets for books because some books become so popular in my classroom that the waiting list had to be designed. I teach first grade and we were waiting for a whole month for the new Todd Parr book, _The Peace Book_ to come out. First graders (in my class) also like Keiko Kasza, Byron Burton, and Lois Ehlert. They also love the Martha Speaks books (Susan Meddaugh - sp?) and the Preston the pig books
- I believe those are by an English author. I've found out that the readability plays a part when it comes to emergent readers, but the story itself has to have some pull. My kiddos also love the Brand New Readers sets. These are very predictable, eight page booklets that come in sets of 4. They are extremely easy readers with a punch line at the end. One student read a Kazam book from the series, and I had to go buy more because so many other kids wanted to read them. They stack them in their reading crates and won't let go!
The motivation that I offer my students comes in the shape of variety. I keep a vast amount of books in my little classroom since I never know what someone might be interested in. My latest jewel: an easy reader about slugs!
Mayra S. Negron First grade La Escuela Fratney Milwaukee, WI
Message----From: Megan Schliesman [mailto:Schliesman at education.wisc.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:40 PM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: [ccbc-net] Reading Motivation Products
One of the things I'm curious about is whether and how programs designed to encourage reading motivation, such as those where students read and take computerized tests on books to earn points, are impacting the choices they make for reading. And if so, how?
I've heard stories from librarians and teachers on both sides of the issue--some say kids are reading more becuase of such motivational products, and others are lamenting the fact that kids are limiting their own choices to the books on their reading list to earn points, rather than choosing a book to read for pleasure from among the many possibilities out there.
What are your thoughts and experiences?
Megan
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, Wi 53706 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
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