I observed a wonderful program in my dyad placement this year called R.A.H. R.A.H. stands for Read At Home. The students were required to read a certain amount of pages per quarter and journal about what they were reading. Every Monday the students were to sign in their journals and be ready to conference with a parent volunteer. The parent volunteers were there to meet with the students and insure that they were comprehending the book being read. This was a time for the students to recap what the book was about and the parents to help the students think deeper into what they were reading by asking questions. Although RAH was meant for at-home reading I see it being a useful tool in the classroom too.
Routman has a great idea of keeping a reading record of what books she has read. I think combining the reading record idea with the R.A.H journals would be a way of holding the students accountable to actually reading during SSR. At the end of silent reading, having the students draw or write in their journal about what they just read would keep them on task and would be an easy way for the teacher to assess and evaluate the students reading progress.
I really like your idea of having students write in their journals after silent reading. it could be a way for the teacher to see what the student is comprehending, and may also help the student to remember all that is going on in the book.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like your dyad placement had some pretty cool things going on. I think it's so cool that parents were there to help with reading groups and were so involved. I really like the idea of R.A.H, and it sounds like with the help of those parents it was a successful program.
During silent reading in my class there are always students hanging around the classroom library looking for books and it drives me nuts! With your idea of silent reading and R.A.H it seems like this could be eliminated as students would stick to one book they read. If you're interested in reading what I had to say on this issue visit my blog click here)
Kaylie,
ReplyDeleteWe do something similar to the R.A.H. program in my 3rd grade main placement classroom. Every weeknight (M-Th), the students are required to read 30 minutes at home. They record the name of the book in their "Reading Log," and have to bring it in every day with parent signature, verifying that they read. I think this is a great way to make sure students are reading at home.
I also love Routman's idea of the reading record. To read my comment about this on my blog click here)
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