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I am soooooo determined that the key to getting MORE kids to a higher level is to get more of them to read and reread. I really think so. And it has to happen early. If I fail to get them to do it early and make a HABIT of it, it's too late when you are in advanced Latin/AP reading 5 times more lies at a go than ever before. Of course, this means that I've got to get my Latin 3's to read more, and they are a tough group... my own fault for coddling them. Hard not to with the split level situation they've had now for 2 years.
ANYWAY. All classes got reading logs this week; I actually followed up with stamps during warm-ups the next day. It will count as a grade; I will be taking them up every time they have a test. I'm hoping I can detect a pattern between test performance and rereading.
Of course, this will assume that there was some HONESTY on these logs. I stamped the next day because I know that the slackers won't do the rereading or claim to until the night before it is due, while the people that are following my advice will actually reread it the day we did the story in class because they understand that rereading it immediately while it is fresh in the mind is the best way to go.
The trick... the trick is ME... *I* have to make sure that I'm checking them and holding them accountable.
Learning is all about creating good habits. Responsible habits. If I can get my students to reread stories while they are easy, and to keep rereading them, then it will be so much easier to get them to read longer stories and they will retain the vocabulary better. And part of getting them to create these habits is to force them on the students at first (with accountability) until they can see for themselves that it's a good thing to do. After all, we teach our children to wash their hands far before they understand the benefits....surely it's the same sort of thing?
All I know, is what I envision being able to do with AP isn't really possible (that is, engraining in the students that they need to read and reread and cycle back through readings) if I don't have these habits going already. And I know I don't. I never quite got there in the past.
But this year.... this year I *have* to get this to work. I have to find a way to make the students accountable for the reading log AND to see it's benefits.
That's the goal.
ANYWAY. All classes got reading logs this week; I actually followed up with stamps during warm-ups the next day. It will count as a grade; I will be taking them up every time they have a test. I'm hoping I can detect a pattern between test performance and rereading.
Of course, this will assume that there was some HONESTY on these logs. I stamped the next day because I know that the slackers won't do the rereading or claim to until the night before it is due, while the people that are following my advice will actually reread it the day we did the story in class because they understand that rereading it immediately while it is fresh in the mind is the best way to go.
The trick... the trick is ME... *I* have to make sure that I'm checking them and holding them accountable.
Learning is all about creating good habits. Responsible habits. If I can get my students to reread stories while they are easy, and to keep rereading them, then it will be so much easier to get them to read longer stories and they will retain the vocabulary better. And part of getting them to create these habits is to force them on the students at first (with accountability) until they can see for themselves that it's a good thing to do. After all, we teach our children to wash their hands far before they understand the benefits....surely it's the same sort of thing?
All I know, is what I envision being able to do with AP isn't really possible (that is, engraining in the students that they need to read and reread and cycle back through readings) if I don't have these habits going already. And I know I don't. I never quite got there in the past.
But this year.... this year I *have* to get this to work. I have to find a way to make the students accountable for the reading log AND to see it's benefits.
That's the goal.
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