When teaching kids with reading difficulties how to read, it doesn’t always have to be in a class-related environment. In fact, there are a wealth of skills that budding readers can learn outside of the class, especially how valuable reading can be in a real-world situation.
Our favorite teaching guru, Debbie Valette, in Boulder Colorado, takes time out to bring some of her readers out and about during the summer break, to see how they cope in the real world. She was in contact recently to let us in on how one of her summer lunch trips went.
Hi, I hope all is well with you! We’ve been having a great summer. I met with my two motivated summer readers yesterday. We met at a fancy restaurant called Q’s where we had the tasting menu: chilled pea soup with creme fraiche, trout on a bed of poblano hash with mole sauce, and a variety of yummy desserts. The girls especially liked the creme fraiche! (They said it tasted like ranch dressing!) The pea soup was a little challenging for them, but they loved everything else.
The lunch went splendidly – so many teachable moments. They learned new food-related words, how to calculate…. Read the rest of this entry »
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Exams suck! Most school kids would agree but it’s even harder for kids that have fallen behind their class.
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