Proud of Elayna
Oct. 2nd, 2003 10:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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shadesong and I to no end this year is that ELayna was unable to shake off the lack of reading from the Summertime (with the Grandparents), and her Accelerated Reader points at school have been minimal (and what few books she's read have been way below her level -- Junie B Jones stuff). So we cracked down last week, and told her that each week, she needs to finish an approved AR book (approved meaning either shadesong or I give it the thumb's up) by Friday. Otherwise, no TV or computer for a week (she's already limited to half an hour a day). She picked (as shadesong mentions over here) The Boy Who Lost His Face), one of the few Lewis Sachar books she hasn't read (she was a huge fan way before Holes).
I explained to her that the weekend would be a great time to try to read, since she has more free time then, but she slacked off all weekend. By Monday,shadesong and I were sure that she didn't think we'd follow through, and that it would take a week of actually losing all TV/Computer rights to believe us.
Yesterday, when she headed off to school, she was up to page 70 of a 190-page book (one that's definitely around the fifth-grade reading level).
When she came home, she'd gotten up to page 160 or so, and by the end of the evening, she'd finished the book!
We were stunned. Happily so. This is why it's so frustrating that she doesn't read at her level -- because we know she can (and that once she gets into it, she enjoys it, too). We're so damned proud of her.
shadesong and I to no end this year is that ELayna was unable to shake off the lack of reading from the Summertime (with the Grandparents), and her Accelerated Reader points at school have been minimal (and what few books she's read have been way below her level -- Junie B Jones stuff). So we cracked down last week, and told her that each week, she needs to finish an approved AR book (approved meaning either shadesong or I give it the thumb's up) by Friday. Otherwise, no TV or computer for a week (she's already limited to half an hour a day). She picked (as shadesong mentions over here) The Boy Who Lost His Face), one of the few Lewis Sachar books she hasn't read (she was a huge fan way before Holes).I explained to her that the weekend would be a great time to try to read, since she has more free time then, but she slacked off all weekend. By Monday,
shadesong and I were sure that she didn't think we'd follow through, and that it would take a week of actually losing all TV/Computer rights to believe us. Yesterday, when she headed off to school, she was up to page 70 of a 190-page book (one that's definitely around the fifth-grade reading level).
When she came home, she'd gotten up to page 160 or so, and by the end of the evening, she'd finished the book!
We were stunned. Happily so. This is why it's so frustrating that she doesn't read at her level -- because we know she can (and that once she gets into it, she enjoys it, too). We're so damned proud of her.