I just have to share this as I know you will appreciate
it. I have a 5th grader who “pretends”
to read most of the time during MIRP. He
gets those big non-fiction informational books and looks at pictures, etc. I have been trying so hard to get him
interested in reading, but, he just finds it painful to read…has dyslexia and really
struggles. He finally agreed to read
captions from the pictures of these books and so this is all I have really been
able to get him to do during MIRP.
Anyway, I was telling him about these really cool books
that some of the 8th graders read (Library of Doom) and I asked him to read one
with me to see if he liked it. The text is spread out, there is a lot of space
on the pages, it is short, etc. It is above
his reading level. Today he finished his
first book!!! He loves that series now, begged me to let him check out 4 from
the library to keep in my room. Taking
one home tonight to read with mom. Says
he can’t wait to finish it! By the last
half of the book he was reading without my support and even decoded the word “guardian”
by himself! I let him call mom to tell
her because he was soooo proud of himself for reading a whole book. Oh…and he kept stopping when he was reading
to make comments, and predictions, and he kept trying to peek ahead to see what
was going to happen next.
Just wanted to share this as I am so happy as a teacher
to see this stuff happening so often now with these kids!
Laurie Lafferty
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