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From: Edward DeButts <EDeButts>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 13:42:24 -0400
Well, if they have little or no desire to read, I feel like showing them something fun. So maybe WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS or A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC. If they've enjoyed those, maybe others by Silverstein, or maybe Jack Prelutsky. I have good luck with Rockwell's HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS and many Daniel Pinkwater titles (Maybe they saw The Hoboken Chicken Emergency film--that might make it an easier sell.)(It also helps that I love these books, and can't help enthusing about them.) My other strategy is to ask the child what they're interested in, preferably without the parent butting in. That can lead to nonfiction, but that's OK, right? Ed
-----Original Message----- From: Megan Schliesman To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Sent: 8/2/2006 11:07 AM Subject: [CCBC-Net] Books for Reluctant Readers
If anyone has additional suggestions for the 5th grade struggling ESL readers, we ask that you respond to the poster directly.
Our August discussion is meant to focus on books you suggest for reluctant, capable readers, not struggling readers. While we realize that struggles with reading does make kids reluctant to read, this month
we want to look at books ideas for kids who are capable of reading well
(at or above grade level, if you think in those terms) but simply have little or no desire to read.
Later this fall, we will have a discussion on CCBC-Net that will focus on book ideas for kids who are struggling readers, since we do know there is also much interest in books that meet this need.
Megan
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 13:42:24 -0400
Well, if they have little or no desire to read, I feel like showing them something fun. So maybe WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS or A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC. If they've enjoyed those, maybe others by Silverstein, or maybe Jack Prelutsky. I have good luck with Rockwell's HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS and many Daniel Pinkwater titles (Maybe they saw The Hoboken Chicken Emergency film--that might make it an easier sell.)(It also helps that I love these books, and can't help enthusing about them.) My other strategy is to ask the child what they're interested in, preferably without the parent butting in. That can lead to nonfiction, but that's OK, right? Ed
-----Original Message----- From: Megan Schliesman To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Sent: 8/2/2006 11:07 AM Subject: [CCBC-Net] Books for Reluctant Readers
If anyone has additional suggestions for the 5th grade struggling ESL readers, we ask that you respond to the poster directly.
Our August discussion is meant to focus on books you suggest for reluctant, capable readers, not struggling readers. While we realize that struggles with reading does make kids reluctant to read, this month
we want to look at books ideas for kids who are capable of reading well
(at or above grade level, if you think in those terms) but simply have little or no desire to read.
Later this fall, we will have a discussion on CCBC-Net that will focus on book ideas for kids who are struggling readers, since we do know there is also much interest in books that meet this need.
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706 ph: 608-262-9503 fax: 608-262-4933 schliesman at education.wisc.edu _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-netReceived on Wed 02 Aug 2006 12:42:24 PM CDT
