Balanced reading

Balanced reading

1. Increased literacy of different genres

2. Connecting all teaching, not just covering endless small facts

3. Reading variety of materials

   • Students should read similarly to adults: required for assignments, helps with life, for enjoyment, etc.
     • allow students to choose some of their readings
       • Common core offers suggestions, not requirements of books, so make decisions accordingly
     • Make sure texts are at the reading level of your students
       • I lose interest in readings I struggle with, why wont a student?
         • same goes for unreasonably long readings
   • classroom library can be helpful with this
     • collect books of multiple interests
     • Censorship only hides real world themes from older students, doesn't help them

4. Connect all teaching throughout the year

   • Themes help

5. Understand biases in assigned texts (including textbooks)

   • Primary sources are important!!
   • Provide multipile sources, and let the kids put together info provided from them