We chose our books by using our Interest Inventory that had questions related to their reading and what they enjoyed reading about. For some students, they didn't like reading at all- so we based their interests off the Student Interview questions that discussed what they like to do for fun, etc. All of our groups responded in different ways with their interests, but I think the books we chose had great responses with the students.
I enjoyed your presentation. It was put together very well and I think it covered a problem that most teachers face: trying to get boys to read. I have book clubs for my higher level students and... more
choosing the right book - Amanda Solesbee,Tue Nov 22 23:53
Amanda, Lori, and Tonya clearly approached interests thoughtfully and their data say effectively. Some additional criteria you might consider in answer to some of the questions in this thread are:... more
I know I thought it was interesting that all my boys surveyed at first stated that none of them liked what they read during reading class at school. I heard this comment often from my boys, "I really ... more