Originally Posted by KnittingMama
Originally Posted by Irena
Originally Posted by Saritz
Why can't these teachers let them choose a book? Would the sky fall on their heads? I guess they don't want to risk having to read something new in order to grade the work...

Seriously. It's is so weird.

To be fair, imagine you're a teacher with 30 students, each of whom might be reading something you may never had read before. How would you know if they are doing a good job in writing a summary? I think (most) teachers love reading new books, but I can see how the logistics of obtaining the books and reading them *each week* might be difficult.

But a parent of a child you are trying to accommodate might be willing to "grade" the summary for the teacher.

This is one con for differentiation and why sending a child to a higher grade is easier on teachers.


...reading is pleasure, not just something teachers make you do in school.~B. Cleary