From: Gerry O'Brien <gobrien>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 17:12:58 -0400

Hi Lindsay, I don't know what role you play in this class but perhaps if you start reading the book[s] you'd like to suggest to this student he/she might be inclined to have a look. So might some of the other students. I have found if the books are in your classroom and being used [on display, read orally or at quiet reading time] the stigma of it being a kiddie book is lessened or even erased. Hope this is of some help. Gerry www.gerryobrien.ca
"Bubba Begonia, You'll Be Sorry!" Acorn Press PEI, 2006 ISBN 1894838238


----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsay Goetz" <goetzl84 at uwosh.edu> To: <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 4:46 PM Subject: [CCBC-Net] Struggling Readers


>I have been reading the many posts this month on the topic of struggling
>readers. I was currently volunteering at a high school in my town when I
>noticed that one of the high schoolers I was working with had trouble
>reading what was assigned in class. I know that the teacher has noticed
>this problem as well and does not want this student to be discouraged from
>reading. I don't really know how to approach a student who feels more like
>a peer to me about this problem and how to offer them books to read that
>are at a more suitable level for them with out being hurtful. Any ideas?
>
> Lindsay Goetz
> University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Student
> Elementary and Special Education Major
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