Sunday, January 27, 2013
Hettinger & Knapp Article - Noelle Reardon
Hettinger & Knapp Article
It is important that we provide our students with a variety of reading material. We need to motivate our students to read and that is not by making it a chore for them. When we provide our student’s with a variety of reading material the chances of them being motivated to read increases. Allowing students to read comic books or magazines is as beneficial as having them read a book. The key is to get students to read and any reading is good reading. I think it is important for us to teach our students that they can become better readers, but that is only by practice. Student who are low achieving in reading can be seen as having a disability even if they excel in different subject areas. Suggestions for motivating students to read are by having older students read with them, book-sharing, and partner reading. The article mentions a lot about parents reading with their kids and with people at home, but that is not always an option. If that is not possible for students at home than it is our job to create other opportunities so they’re successful.
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I think Noelle brings up a very important point when she says allowing students to read things that are interesting to them. I volunteer with Read to Succeed and the student I tutor loves to read Lego Encyclopedias. Even though he reads significantly below level, he is able to power through the huge informational text book. He is encouraged to sound out words and those words he is able to solve himself or with help stick, and he remembers them for next session. It is important to classify acts such as this as reading because it is. Sometimes, as adults, we overlook skimming magazines, text messages, webpages, etc. as reading; however, in a generation that is advancing so fast it is important to acknowledge these forms of media as something that can be read.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of bringing literature into the classroom that is accessible and engaging to all students is extremely important! I think Noelle does a good job of discussing how teachers go about or do not go about addressing students that have a difficult time with reading. We live in a society that is very "literature focused", and,as Noelle discussed, because of this, students who need the most help in reading and writing are not always low achieving students in all subject areas, but may be lumped with students with learning disabilities. Although these students may need extra supports in reading and writing, they are not special needs students. Teachers should consider how to support all students as well as bring in literature that interests students struggling with text features.
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