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Read a Book a Week
“Read a book a week” is the assignment I finally came to for all my literacy and ABE classes. It was Debbie who got me there. I don’t know about you, but when I started teaching, I used the same ways...
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Reading on Your Feet
The other day I talked about Human Digits, and today I’ll talk about a similar kind of activity for reading class, a sequencing exercise taken off the page into the middle of the room. I often do this...
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Reading from Life
“What reading materials are appropriate for adult literacy students?” Kat posted this question on my blog the other day, and went on to say, “I’m teaching my first teenage reading student now, and...
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A Healthy Disrespect
Adult literacy and GED students have enormous respect for text–too much respect, I think. They may fear text, or be confused by it. They may loathe the printed word, and/or ignore it. They may have a...
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Getting Out of My Own Way
Some moments just stick with you–the flash of insight that marks a big change. A pivotal moment. I am teaching Level 2 reading, and have passed out an interesting article from the West Coast Reader....
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