tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post1838057515941396832..comments2024-03-03T12:52:18.548-05:00Comments on Magpie Musing: Life Long Love of ReadingMagpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-76341234014604021682011-09-19T16:46:42.967-04:002011-09-19T16:46:42.967-04:00If I was trying to keep on the right side of the s...If I was trying to keep on the right side of the school and it was proving tricky then I would probably make up the entries every day. If I got on well with them I'd ask to opt out...very interesting post to an Irish reader :)Looking for Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010049814419812468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-334600532543964332011-08-20T15:07:49.385-04:002011-08-20T15:07:49.385-04:00Great post. I added it to my master list of anti-...Great post. I added it to my master list of anti-reading-log material:<br /><br /><a href="http://kidfriendlyschools.blogspot.com/2010/08/join-chorus-against-reading-logs.html" rel="nofollow">Join the Chorus Against Reading Logs</a>FedUpMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-58269557763816883922010-10-29T19:26:55.963-04:002010-10-29T19:26:55.963-04:00That's BS. Yet another way school can suuuuuc...That's BS. Yet another way school can suuuuuccckkk the pleasure out of things. Good intentions, yes, but please.<br /><br />And I'm sure the dyslexic kids are THRILLED that they have to list in painstaking detail - including times! - every book that they've battled through. <br /><br />What's next? An outdoor play log?Bronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-7617691805219335832010-10-26T11:16:38.529-04:002010-10-26T11:16:38.529-04:00Been there, loathed that.
Fill out the title, fil...Been there, loathed that.<br /><br />Fill out the title, fill out the time, make the minimum required and skip the rest. (I have never once logged the hours spent reading over meals or in the car.) Try not to scream at the idiocy of it all.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06118652456935364104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-34075343275491545102010-10-25T13:29:12.528-04:002010-10-25T13:29:12.528-04:00Want to hear stupid? How about the special ed pro...Want to hear stupid? How about the special ed program for HS (same district) that has all of the learning disabled kids sit and read to themselves for 15 minutes of the precious time they should be learning. Where is the teacher I asked. Oh she is in the front of the room, reading her own book. That will model a good reader for them.<br />These are kids who will not learn to love reading in HS by forcing them to read. with no thought to comprehension, to understanding, to how to apply what they have read. Some of the disabilities are not related to reading or even language based issues.<br />But there was a grant for it.needleinahaystackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10996489599535190163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-45738131283965871582010-10-25T10:26:13.556-04:002010-10-25T10:26:13.556-04:00Oh, dear God. A reading log? I hope to never see o...Oh, dear God. A reading log? I hope to never see one. Especially one so ridiculous in the amount of detail required. My son is in first grade. So far he just brings home one book a day to read. (And usually reads more than the one book a day anyway.)<br /><br />I'd definitely be looking for some wiggle room on the log.leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862076176705733998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-14654997056156424052010-10-24T18:20:15.707-04:002010-10-24T18:20:15.707-04:00The kindergarten reading log is just book title an...The kindergarten reading log is just book title and parent's initials, so we're ok so far. The little dude still thinks it's fun to fill out. But I dread the day when the fun of reading gets dragged down by the chore of the log.Lady Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13360693450146358247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-66329791755942183702010-10-24T15:42:08.637-04:002010-10-24T15:42:08.637-04:00In a word...yes.In a word...yes.Annahttp://annamcdonnell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-33077143227591267912010-10-24T04:56:58.975-04:002010-10-24T04:56:58.975-04:00YOU SHOULD.
My goddaughter, who I always hoped wo...YOU SHOULD.<br /><br />My goddaughter, who I always hoped would learn to love books, cries at night over her homework and hates reading.<br /><br />She's not quite seven. <br /><br />I went to school in the Montessori private school system, where reading was something we could choose to do as a recreation. Therefore reading, like video games and play grounds, fell into the category of "fun" and I loved to do it.<br /><br />But my goddaughter has to read for homework! She has to meet certain "standards" of reading and she gets marked on her ability to decipher words, as if they were mathematics equations that could be deemed right or wrong. This is not what reading is about. In fact, I think every avid reader will plead guilty to having skipped over difficult words as a child rather than stop reading to ask an adult. And we learned to read those words eventually, didn't we? <br /><br />Homework and tests and correcting turn things into work. This is why kids hate math, too.<br /><br />Why do we send our kids to school so that they can learn that reading and math and science are WORK and to be hated, then let them come home and discover that video games and television are fun?<br /><br />I feel like it should be the opposite.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10647941113080341374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-43365897837451194602010-10-24T00:47:51.076-04:002010-10-24T00:47:51.076-04:00I agree. Totally asinine.I agree. Totally asinine.nonlineargirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414675024101618604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-60344831613025721362010-10-23T23:10:45.746-04:002010-10-23T23:10:45.746-04:00I have never recorded the number of minutes I spen...I have never recorded the number of minutes I spent reading, or the number of pages I read. Not on a day, and not on a night. Not once.<br /><br />Does this mean I'm not a good reader? Seriously?<br /><br />That log is pretty ridiculous, indeed. Way to suck all the joy out of reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-90745520916371742732010-10-23T20:20:44.387-04:002010-10-23T20:20:44.387-04:00Nothing like that for killing the joy of reading. ...Nothing like that for killing the joy of reading. Stupid, stupid, stupid.Debbie Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02355860274614350342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-59932553397055865172010-10-23T17:44:16.344-04:002010-10-23T17:44:16.344-04:00In my oh-so-humble opinion, the asininity of that ...In my oh-so-humble opinion, the asininity of that reading log defies comment.Heide Esteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022964463219865228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-1103859799048672072010-10-23T13:51:02.002-04:002010-10-23T13:51:02.002-04:00I so agree....I have already had an email conversa...I so agree....I have already had an email conversation with JJ's kindergarten teacher because she wanted him to pick out books he could read (since he can read already) so that he could take tests and earn points. JJ was made that the other kids could get whatever books they wanted (since they can't read - it didn't matter). We did compromise in an effort to get books at his level some weeks and whatever books he wanted other weeks. But, my point to the teacher was that we want him to enjoy reading just because and not because his book will earn him points.InTheFastLanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09691830067979224059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-2921630753844212482010-10-23T10:57:07.858-04:002010-10-23T10:57:07.858-04:00Dang, I thought the logs mine brought home were ba...Dang, I thought the logs mine brought home were bad enough. Time start and stop? There's a waste of reading time.Patois42https://www.blogger.com/profile/07764936858778730692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-51827117461739611402010-10-23T01:17:29.156-04:002010-10-23T01:17:29.156-04:00What a horrid, pernicious quotation!
I think you ...What a horrid, pernicious quotation!<br /><br />I think you should be as cursory and creative as you can with the reading log. But you probably don't need to opt out officially; that involves bureaucratic effort on your part, the very thing that's so wrong-headed about the log to begin with.Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-70845496101495803962010-10-22T23:33:12.418-04:002010-10-22T23:33:12.418-04:00UGH, ugh ugh ugh. We have to do it too, although w...UGH, ugh ugh ugh. We have to do it too, although without the start/end times--but with a summary of what's read. Last year we just sort of slowed down and then stopped doing the log at some point and the teacher never mentioned it.mayberryhttp://mayberrymom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-88235761251048203902010-10-22T23:24:52.143-04:002010-10-22T23:24:52.143-04:00*But I generally don't like...*But I generally don't like...Amirahttp://www.definemature.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-65745316435485595042010-10-22T23:23:41.720-04:002010-10-22T23:23:41.720-04:00I loath the reading log too. I hated it when I was...I loath the reading log too. I hated it when I was in grade school and now that my youngest sister has been doing one for the last three years (she's in fifth grade), she starts complaining about it from day ONE of classes.<br /><br />Honestly, I think it's partly what ruined her view on reading. <br /><br />You're completely right about reading and how it should be for the love of it and not another assigned task. But I have a generally don't like most grade school curriculums anyway. <br /><br />Nonetheless, I hope your daughter still has her love of reading when she's done with this useless task.Amirahttp://www.definemature.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-27963769852771458502010-10-22T23:16:26.796-04:002010-10-22T23:16:26.796-04:00I've done it. I write a letter, much like this...I've done it. I write a letter, much like this post,assure the teacher that my child IS reading and explain that I am teaching civil disobedience by us not participating. Who cares if their grade gets knocked down in elementary school?<br /><br />Reading logs have their place in encouraging non-readers, but no way am I going to risk sucking the joy of reading from a reader by this nonsense.<br /><br />Why yes, I do feel strongly about this!Jenn @ Juggling Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455967210924573398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-61111681268196203842010-10-22T20:40:42.536-04:002010-10-22T20:40:42.536-04:00I, too, would just fill in the titles and your ini...I, too, would just fill in the titles and your initials and, if the teacher sends a note, send one back asking if the teacher will be sending home a teaching assistant to follow your child around with a stopwatch to track her total seconds devoted to reading to verify whether it meets their minimums.<br /><br />Our log is just title, date and initials. It's just for French titles (Kieran, 7, is in Grade 2 French Immersion) and, on the back, I started a log of English reading he does so as not to discriminate! I ask Kieran to read to me while I do dishes and make supper.Leannehttp://momcast.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-56427837435181113612010-10-22T19:11:03.472-04:002010-10-22T19:11:03.472-04:00Luckily ours is not technically required. Last ye...Luckily ours is not technically required. Last year I forgot all about it, so simply never did it. Missed the back-to-school nite this year, so will feign ignorance again. Hoping I can get away with it forever. And even though for my son reading is a chore (thanks to dyslexic issues) the log would definitely make it even worse. We have a short simple log for his reading assistance program, but I do it.<br /><br />Keep us updated. Oh, and ps -- I hate my kid's math homework too!Life in Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15191548142552797374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-81666934755272995332010-10-22T18:54:48.547-04:002010-10-22T18:54:48.547-04:00I would ask her/him to define "good reader&qu...I would ask her/him to define "good reader".<br /><br />T.YourFireAnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428838843235292696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-57571790110961918442010-10-22T17:55:05.553-04:002010-10-22T17:55:05.553-04:00I'm seriously on pins and needles every year w...I'm seriously on pins and needles every year waiting to see which teacher my kids get -- someone who gets it, and them, or some asshat who doesn't get it, or anything. I would make stuff up, but being you and not me I suspect you'll go the more confrontational/honest route, and good for you. Either way, it's hooey, pardon my language.Bibliomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825424183978181238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-10220421704680729742010-10-22T17:30:01.777-04:002010-10-22T17:30:01.777-04:00Is the "Good readers keep track of..." q...Is the "Good readers keep track of..." quote from the log itself?<br /><br />I'd write back saying that I am a good reader, and I do not keep track of how long I read; one of the hallmarks of a good reader is that he or she gets so absorbed in the reading that time becomes irrelevant.<br /><br />Seriously, there's nothing wrong with a gracious note saying that you will be opting out of the log, filling in only the bare minimum because the log is proving to be a deterrent and you would rather encourage your daughter to read for enjoyment's sake.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668252458131596362noreply@blogger.com