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Image result for harry potter light reading gif     The beginning of this passage really hit home for me. I am guilty of choosing television over reading a book as my choice of pleasure at the end of a long day. I’m not like some of my friends who can sit and just read books on books on books. I have great respect for them and wish I could do that, but at the end of most days I just want to turn off my brain and mindlessly watch whatever is on the screen in front of me instead of picking up a book. I know I am not the only one who does this either. In fact I feel a majority of people do this, especially students.

Image result for kill two birds with one stone     After eight periods of just sitting and doing nothing but reading almost all day, the last thing students want to do at home is pick up another book. This is why it is critical for us, future teachers to take advantage of this “two-fer” (Daniels & Zemelman, 2014, Pg. 42)  the passage mentions (or what I like to call “killing two birds with one stone”). This way we are not only helping our students understand the content material for our class, but we are also helping them build upon their reading skills. Is this going to be an easy task? Mostly likely no. Will it be worth it in the end? Absolutely. “Easy” is not what we signed up for as future educators. We signed up to make a difference and educate the next generation, which is not a task to be taken lightly. We need to go the extra mile to be sure we are doing everything we can in preparing our students for not only test, but the real world too.


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  1. UnknownAugust 23, 2017 at 10:53 PM

    I know what you mean about not wanting to read for leisure. I was so enthralled by books when I was in elementary and middle school, but as I got older, I had less free time and other activities I wanted to do instead. Maybe one day I can pick up a book again and find the magic within it. As for encouraging our students to read outside of the classroom, do you have any ideas on how to convince them? Just from what we've learned so far, I've already decided that I will definitely devote a class period to teaching students how to read in my content area. It would be fun to have some kind of class challenge to encourage my students to read for leisure as well.
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