[LM_NET] TARGET-> resistance to sustrained silent reading- June 2007

[Gayle Rogers <ninagayle@YAHOO.COM>]

Hi, I'm Gayle Rogers. I would like to TARGET-> resistance to
sustained silent reading. Our school is a small Catholic school that
serves urban black students, grades 7-12. Many of our students are
below grade level academically. We began sustained silent reading in
January. We have 20 minutes in homeroom four days a week to read. 

 

We have had some major problems. One is that none of the classes
had classroom libraries. We had a book drive but we didn't get the
books that are most popular with students. Only a few of the teachers
really want to have a classroom library. One doesn't want one at all,
because she doesn't want books lost. (I did lose about 10 books from my
library that were put in classrooms and three from the public
library. But loss of books is not as important to me as long as the
students are reading.) In many of the classes, the students mostly read
newspapers or magazines. The students do not have a variety of
up-to-date magazines, since most of the magazines come from the
library.  Some of the teachers let students talk during SSR or do their
homework. 

 

Another problem that we are having is that the students are very
resistant to SSR. I know one of the reasons for that is not
enough  variety of high interest reading material. However, even in
classes where I brought in more reading materials, the students were
resistant. They used to have that 20 minutes in homeroom just to talk
and they resent having to read. We seem to have a large number of
students who dislike reading. How do we find reading materials for the
classrooms inexpensively? What can I do to encourage the teachers to
effectively implement SSR? What can the teachers do to motivate our
students to read? 

 

If people will respond to me, I'll compile your responses and post
A HIT-> on the topic back to the entire LM_NET. I will include your
e-mail address in my Hit. Please let me know if you wish to remain
anonymous.

 

Gayle Rogers

Library Media Specialist

St. Jude Educational Institute

ninagayle@yahoo.com




 
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