Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Readicide: Chapter 3

Ok, I totally believe in the the Kill a Reader Casserole!  I hated when teachers would rip apart something beautiful and turn it into boring worksheets.  But here's the thing....I want to keep my job.  I'm not sure how well "stupid book" reading would go over to administration.  I read all the time.  It is my hobby.  However, I do not enjoy reading for class (other than this book, which I happen to really like----shocking).  But where this book is lacking (to me) is giving a more practical way to allow some of it's tid-bits to happen in a real classroom.  I only get my kids for 50 minutes (and this is on days that we don't have an assembly or the sports team leaves early.  So basically, I don't see where I can incorporate 20 minutes of "fun" reading in my classroom.  Sure, it builds vocabulary, but I can only get away with that line for so long.  Furthermore, I have learned through summer reading books, that Sparknotes and movies or utilized more often than the actual book.  Implementation....what can we do?