DITHR questions..
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:09 pm
I have a few questions about Drawn into the Heart of Reading.
Do I understand from the manual that for a level 2/3 child, he should be doing all of the reading out loud to me? Also, if he reads a book in 5 days, we do two more through every genre, and again, he reads these out loud to me? I am wondering how it works out for the review questions, as my little guy may not remember in full the first book he read, and would probably want to do a project on the last book of the three every time.
Also, if I already have the Book Projects book for 3rd grade, would it be fine to use in place of the one for level 2/3? I don't know without looking how much different the projects are between the two levels.
One more question... Should he read on his own during his free time if he's doing all of it out loud to me during DITHR time? I do lay books out around the house for him to pick up, and he usually chooses to sit down and read through these. This seems to have been a natural way to encourage him to read without having to nag him about it. I do want him to continue to have a natural love for reading, and I'm a bit worried that if I require him to read everything out loud to me for DITHR, he may come to resent his own enjoyment of books. Does that make sense?
Thanks for any help with this, as I'm just now trying to implement this in our school day.
Do I understand from the manual that for a level 2/3 child, he should be doing all of the reading out loud to me? Also, if he reads a book in 5 days, we do two more through every genre, and again, he reads these out loud to me? I am wondering how it works out for the review questions, as my little guy may not remember in full the first book he read, and would probably want to do a project on the last book of the three every time.
Also, if I already have the Book Projects book for 3rd grade, would it be fine to use in place of the one for level 2/3? I don't know without looking how much different the projects are between the two levels.
One more question... Should he read on his own during his free time if he's doing all of it out loud to me during DITHR time? I do lay books out around the house for him to pick up, and he usually chooses to sit down and read through these. This seems to have been a natural way to encourage him to read without having to nag him about it. I do want him to continue to have a natural love for reading, and I'm a bit worried that if I require him to read everything out loud to me for DITHR, he may come to resent his own enjoyment of books. Does that make sense?
Thanks for any help with this, as I'm just now trying to implement this in our school day.