“You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.” | |
Today I felt like I hit the jackpot because he became excited to tell me stories while he was reading. We read a book about dirt track racing, and he knew quite a bit of what was in the book, and he was able to teach me about dirt bikes as well. That was awesome. Next time I'm going to have him journal about what he has read, and have him write about any personal stories that come to his mind just to get him writing. We wrote down four new words in his word bank and practiced using them while waiting for his ride to come. We also worked on some more homophones, and that was all we had time for! Reading the book got both of us so involved we lost track of time. It was pretty informative for me too.:) Anyway, hopefully I've hit the jackpot with this group of books and he'll be animated while reading the rest of them and write his stories down. I'm going to keep putting nickels into the sessions and hopefully he'll come out with some literary cash. Quote Credit: http://thinkexist.com/quotation/you_can-t_expect_to_hit_the_jackpot_if_you_don-t/205822.html Image Credit: http://news.silveroakcasino.com/wp-content/uploads/p48-9-jackpot.jpg |
I like those words, "literary cash." If you can read, you can become successful. With success, then comes the cash. Glad to hear he scored high on his reading test.
ReplyDeleteAwesome, Erik! I can see the magic working on your student. He's come a long way, so keep him motivated and challenged. Way to go!
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ReplyDeleteIsn't it great to share a common interest with your student, and then learn something more? It makes all the thoughts and effort you put into your work well worth it! Just as long as he keep reading! Job well done, pats on the back!
I know the feeling! I introduced Under the Blood-Red Sun to my students last week. During that class we also had to walk around to visit their next potential electives and listen to spiels about why they should sign up for each. I noticed that one boy had taken the book with him and was intently reading it instead of listening. I couldn't get mad at him! He's a struggling reader--well, all of my students are struggling readers--and to see him get so engrossed in a story was so refreshing and so heartening. When you start to see success, it makes you excited for more! Yay, Erik and P!
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