Comments on: Top 5 Reading Crimes Against Children

By: Megan Ellis

Megan Ellis — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:24:57 +0000

My crime- asking students not to read aloud when the class is meant to be silent reading.Just cause I was used to reading silently! After learning more about “The Daily Five” I actually have this student read to small groups instead.

By: Margery Jorgensen

Margery Jorgensen — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:05:42 +0000

I agree with all of the pointers relating to the “Crimes”, but I have to admit my disappointment in the books being written for children today. I asked for help from the school librarian and the city librarian when I was choosing a book for my new class, an age group I had not taught for twenty- odd years. My request was that I wanted a book to inspire them but one that used good quality language and sentence structure. I feel it is important for students to experience high quality Language. What a disappointment! I was looking for books like “Master of the Grove”,or “Brother Knight”,by Victor Hellerher (now out of print) or “The Cay” by Theodore Taylor or “Spirit Wind” by Max Faxchan (Spelling?). All terrific stories, with great moral values, wonderful language and room for dramatization and great discussion.

By: Del

Del — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:59:34 +0000

I find that student’s passion for reading,especially for deeper comprehension, dampens if they lose confidence because they are not sure of or stumble when trying to pronounce unfamiliar words, especially in non-fiction but also when selecting or listening to higher level texts.
Explaining that this is not unusual, and that being able to pronounce correctly is not as important as understanding the meaning, really helps them remain keen and confident.

By: Darren Ellul

Darren Ellul — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:58:24 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly with your top 5. Most certainly I read with passion and expression and try to model good reading skills to my class. However, we can be limited to reading our class novels which can get quite dated, and unless their updated regularly, we can suffer the consequences.

By: david

david — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:47:51 +0000

My crime is not choosing a genre that the kids are interested in.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:55:55 +0000

As an ST:LaN coordinator I will share these at my next network meeting

By: Geraldine Doherty

Geraldine Doherty — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:42:21 +0000

Witnessed crime ….. teachers quickly reading a novel or stories to children without drama and or passion….. Children need to be mesmerised and engaged in and by the story being read to them.

By: terry mazzer

terry mazzer — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:09:54 +0000

My crime… failure to see that when kids point as they are reading, it actually helps to increase their reading speed…NOT be a hinderance.