By asking them to read with their parents, my goal is that they will eventually find reading as satisfying as watching television or playing. I want them to read for the enjoyment of reading and, therefore, don’t ask them to keep a reading log. Is this really happening? It’s an expectation that I have clearly communicated both to my students and to their parents, but there is no way to know if this reading is happening once they have left the classroom. Something I ask them to do each evening in addition to their homework is to read or to have an adult read to them. How much of that learning, though, will come from the homework I assign? There is no doubt that these children will continue learning once the school day is done. Some of the other kids in my class will attend an after-school program held right on school grounds, offering many different activities. Another has a soccer game, and another will spend time with his grandmother, who is in town visiting for a few days. I know one of my students has a violin lesson later that day. It's 10 minutes before the final bell of the school day, and I ask my second graders, “Are you sure you understand what you’ll be doing for homework this week?” They all nod, homework folders in hand, waiting for the moment they can spring from their chairs to go outside and play one last time with their friends before they head home.
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