Creating a Home Reading Program

This pod cast sparked my interest because of personal experience. As brother is growing i have had many years spent with him struggling to read. often times his teachers would try to enact mandatory reading hrs at home. This seemed to never work with my brother in the past so i wanted to see if there was a new way of introducing it.

I like the idea of the r4. the first 2 sections read and relax are the same as most teachers use, but what i liked about their strategy was reflect and respond. i like the idea of the parent involvmnet as well. i believe this gives an opportunity for the parents to know what is going on and have involvement while the student still gets to decide which book and when to read it as long as it ends up being 80 hours a week. My brother would often lie about his 30 minutes he was supoe to be reading each day. by having the parents enisial the hours the teacher has a better hope for honesty. Also student responses would help the teacher to learn about what the student is interested in, problem areas, strengths and show evidence of improvement throughout the year.

I also like that the students will solely be graded on doing the work not on exactly what the write or how they write it. this exercise is to help motivate students to want to read, not make them feel stressed and unsatisfied with their work. The teachers notes will also help motivate the student though noticing and caring what the child writes about.

I think that having differentiation in the reading program is a wonderful idea. i love the idea of different prompts for the students to choose from as well as having different opportunities for students to work on the R4 if the student doesn't have the ideal parent involvement at home. The student is able to make this reading program fit their needs while still getting the most out of the activity.