For Term Three I will engage my Year Six pupils in a reading challenge - this year it has an alphabet theme (aiming to fill in each letter of the alphabet with either a title or author or subject of a book they have read).
I have made this booklet on Google Drive and will print it out for the pupils' home learning books so they can keep a record of their reading.
What a great idea. I teach English to kids in Argentina. Sadly, none of them enjoy reading. It's a real chore getting them to use their imagination as they just don't seem to have one... and I think that comes from reading. But you have inspired me to do an alphabet scrapbook with the younger children.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, reading is the key and reading a LOT is essential for building vocabulary and seeing how writers use language. In my writing programme I use a lot of small writing tasks (ie rather than write a whole story from start to finish, we will focus on recounting one important event or on describing one element). I use Sheena Cameron and Gail Loane teaching resources for my guidance.
DeleteTrust me. I try. I try so hard to get them to read and to write. I only have them for a few hours a week. I say a paragraph, they do 2 sentences. I give a fabulous introduction etc., set the scene, but nope. Even the clever kids complain. :( They just don't do it at school, so they have never learnt, and neither is there a love for it.
DeleteThat is tricky then! We are lucky to have the education system that we have here in NZ! Or rather, our children are.
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