Speaking of it, here we go... The boys bedtime is 8:30. �It's 9:30�he's sitting here reading his second book tonight. �The practice had drastically improved his skill. �Honestly I don't totally listen with undivided attention. �Sometimes I do watch closely. �Sometimes he skips a sentence. �Sometimes he reads every word. �I'll correct a word if I hear one wrong. �What I think is funny is when he read "The Magic Set" I said, "You need to read that page over, I didn't understand those last two sentences you read". �He said no. �I looked at the book. �The part I thought he was misreading was a character casting a magic spell and what he read was what was on the page. �I thought he was getting too tired to read. �We won't be able to do this once school starts, but honestly he can stay up late reading and it's fine with me. �
I've read a few chapters of "Writing With Skill" so we're laying a foundation for book reports later by asking him two questions. �What was the book about? �What was the most interesting thing that happened? �That's teaching a 2-3 sentence summary for outlining skills. �Fun !!!
