tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615050450299982736.post2186482901550805902..comments2023-11-05T07:10:20.921-05:00Comments on The Resourceful Apple: For the Love of ReadingMrs. Wathenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012228788109238216noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615050450299982736.post-54885665428295327732015-07-22T23:54:30.433-04:002015-07-22T23:54:30.433-04:00As a K-5 Reading Specialist, I especially find thi...As a K-5 Reading Specialist, I especially find this true of boys. Have you seen the website Guys Read http://www.guysread.com? It was created for boys by the author Jon Scieszka who wrote Math Curse and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. It is fabulous because you can search for books that are similar to series, topics, or authors that you already like. i recommend it to many parents.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208259648965637629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615050450299982736.post-71197831189700668002015-06-29T11:18:31.592-04:002015-06-29T11:18:31.592-04:00When my sons were younger, they only wanted to rea...When my sons were younger, they only wanted to read...BASEBALL CARDS! So...let them read! I remember sitting at an IEP for one of my twins ( other brother in bilingual GATE class) and they said. " He doesn't have enough VOCABULARY for his grade level! ( I'm a teacher..#failure )...so I asked him... " Tell the folks what tools are in our garage....What are the stats of your favorite baseball player? What is one of the plays the 49er's use in a football game? " He spoke for about 20 minutes NON-STOP...Needless to say...his vocab was higher than some of the adults at the table! No, he could NOT list all the needed vocabulary from a story he didn't care about...but make it his??? HE OWNED IT! #nomoreIEP's wendy 1stgradefireworks1stgradefireworkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685346259879991670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615050450299982736.post-87353906255025591252015-06-28T16:56:17.355-04:002015-06-28T16:56:17.355-04:00I always have about five books that I'm readin...I always have about five books that I'm reading at the same time. It depends on which one I feel like reading when I sit down to read. I agree. We want students to enjoy reading and become lifelong readers. It's so important to not only expose them to different genres, but to allow them to make choices in the books they read. I had to rethink my Read to Self time this past year to allow for more choices. Thanks for sharing this important reminder.Monahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482189331920473783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615050450299982736.post-81121985408611419922015-06-28T12:23:11.234-04:002015-06-28T12:23:11.234-04:00I found myself hooked as a young girl on Nancy Dre...I found myself hooked as a young girl on Nancy Drew- I would sit in the summer on a lawn chair reading book after book. My mom couldn't keep up with taking me to the public library! Not JANEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18377098824377385872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615050450299982736.post-48993332097210616722015-06-28T11:02:45.705-04:002015-06-28T11:02:45.705-04:00Yes! Yes! Yes! *faints* This is a systemic problem...Yes! Yes! Yes! *faints* This is a systemic problem! We need to be so cautious! We need to keep working on letting kids read lots of things that THEY want to read. If I am completely honest, out of 250 books on my Kindle Cloud...probably 12 of them are non fiction...10 of those are cooking books. The rest are romance. I don't know why we force our kids to read fifty-two bazillion genres of book when WE don't want to do that ourselves. Food for thought here! :) Thanks for sharing candidly on this topic! ;) I think a lot of moms would echo this! :) Especially in the summer!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15183404769372178177noreply@blogger.com