Jan
27
Having a Reading Target
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Today in reading, Mrs. Self started off by being her usual crazy self. (No pun intended! Haha! Self, self!). Anyway, she started off by having us watch her and take notes / observe as she randomly started throwing an inflated globe around the room. She then asked us to share with her what we thought she was doing. Most of us said things like, “You were randomly throwing an inflated globe around the room.”
She then asked if it seemed as if she had a particular target. We all agreed that she seemed to not have a target.
She then told us a story about how she was (and, presumably, still is…) the worst basketball player….ever. She talked about how if she wanted to become a better basketball player, she needed to have a target (or goal).
Just as with sports, in reading we need targets. A soccer player needs a soccer goal to hit the ball into, a basketball player needs a basket to “swish” the ball into….and a reader needs a goal to guide his/her reading. All of our goals are different. Some of us have goals of being more fluent readers. Others of us have goals of reading different genres of books. Still others of us have more specific goals (such as to read a longer book, or a religious book, etc.). The goals we have will constantly change as we become better and better readers. However - the fact remains - we need targets as readers. Otherwise, we just wander around aimlessly in our “readerly life.”
Read the notes the kids took today:
Having a Reading Target 1-27-2010
