We all at some point have read something for school or fake read something for school just to get it done to say that we did it, but in reality we don't really know what we read. I have sat there and read something for class and not gotten it. I think it is important to talk our students about what the purpose of reading this assignment is. We also need their input on what is going to be important for them to get to by the end of the reading. I have read and tried to get where the teacher says to but sometimes I get lost and when I ask for the teacher to clearify something they tell me that it is explained in the text. We need to talk to our students because sometimes the reading to a student will be as clear as mud.
Somethings that we really need to talk to our students about is the "seven strategies used by successful readers" before we send them out to read some assignments. After a while the students will start to pick up on what to do while reading and will eventually understand what to look for in their own reading.
A couple of questions that I developed from this reading are: do we feed them too much during class?Can you be a good reader and a word caller? When do you stop teaching reading?
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