but by high school she once again decided she enjoyed reading. She graduated from college in May with a 4.0 in her major...English...and is currently in graduate school at the University of Oxford writing a dissertation on the writings of Jane Austen!
ask the teacher for a list of suggested books and let the light dawn spontaneously about perhaps needing to explicitly change that instruction.
Well, I HAVE asked the teacher for some suggested reading books and the teacher's response (twice) was "Well, she has just read SOOOO many books already!" I really don't know if she has ever even asked dd which books she has read...I know her BIG challenge book is Harry Potter. Only the really bright kids can make it through the first book of Harry Potter. She told me that many of her kids start the book and decide not to finish it. She knows DD has already read that...so ... I guess that leaves...no. books. So,I went to the vp with this and she said to lie on the book logs and that there were many many books at dd's level in the library. (Our 4th Grade is at the Middle School) She also asked the Librarian to keep a dialogue with dd about what she is reading. This just started. Maybe it will help.
it was nearly impossible to find anything that was interesting AND age appropriate. There were lots of choices that were one or the other, but not both.
I figure that reading a little Wimpy Kid, Dragonbreath or Bone isn't going to destroy his abilities any more than me forcing him to read Mark Twain at 8 will!
LOL! I was kind of wondering if DD was making this up...that she couldn't find a book she liked at that level. Thank you for filling me in. I was never a good reader and don't read much fiction, (but I like non-fiction and forums!) It is hard to know if she is pulling one over on me!
