tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942400001330848866.post2814319004289871089..comments2023-06-29T04:58:27.389-07:00Comments on domus muscida: Can't reading just be fun?lotusgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942400001330848866.post-50940700003843855812008-10-04T17:12:00.000-07:002008-10-04T17:12:00.000-07:00That's exactly what I'm saying! I wonder, too, why...That's exactly what I'm saying! <BR/><BR/>I wonder, too, why they always have to be tested on what they read like with the AR books or take notes in the margins or pick out vocabulary words from them and write out the sentence that it's found in, etc., etc., ad infinitum. That kind of stuff discourages david from reading.<BR/><BR/>Of course, nothing discourages E from reading. She just ignores all the peripheral assignments and reads the way she wants. <BR/><BR/>I'm just saying... sometimes can't they just read for fun!lotusgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942400001330848866.post-37455689232122645222008-10-04T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-04T13:00:00.000-07:00Oh...don't get me started on the "Reading Counts" ...Oh...don't get me started on the "Reading Counts" book list, and then there's the lexile score! We find ourselves looking for the shortest novels possible so that we can get it out of the way! The educational system just has it all wrong! And who has time to sit down and read something just for fun?!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00857543878605158677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942400001330848866.post-34257115151611150132008-10-02T14:37:00.000-07:002008-10-02T14:37:00.000-07:00I really enjoyed our summer reading bashing that n...I really enjoyed our summer reading bashing that night you were over at our house. That was really fun to talk about the evils of summer reading--the terrible books that they assign.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, the only reason I kept reading was because I learned about reading and books long before I went to public school. <BR/><BR/>Keep up the crusade!Hannah Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964084641901283529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942400001330848866.post-52055004463710885412008-10-02T13:11:00.000-07:002008-10-02T13:11:00.000-07:00Sorry, I should have mentioned how rabid you are f...Sorry, I should have mentioned how rabid you are for the written word. There's always tomorrow's post.lotusgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942400001330848866.post-81239943496369988652008-10-02T13:01:00.000-07:002008-10-02T13:01:00.000-07:00Woo! First post!*ahem* Come on, Mom, you didn't me...Woo! First post!<BR/><BR/>*ahem* Come on, Mom, you didn't mention me even ONCE!! You know how much I love reading!Lionesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151086656082425039noreply@blogger.com