Your children are enthusiastic readers! During Reading Workshop, you can hardly hear a pin drop, and all you see are heads bent over books. This is an awesome thing, because the more children read, the more they will improve as readers.
Currently, we're working to take that a step further. Reading is more than saying the words from the page in your head. Reading is thinking. I'm challenging third grade readers to think, react and feel as they read. This is what proficient readers do.
Read with your children at home. Every once in a while stop and share what your thinking. You might say:
Wow! I can't believe that...
Did you know...
That happened to me once...
I wonder...
That reminds me of...
You can even model thinking with your own reading. If you're reading the paper or a magazine at the breakfast table, stop and share what you think about the article you're reading. You might agree, disagree, feel shocked or confused about it. Let them know.
The most important thing is that children see and understand that reading is thinking.
Happy reading!
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