Tara's reflection for taberski's chapter 4

Again from reading chapter 4, taberski says she wants her children to read a variety of genres. I agree as well. I think it will be very beneficial for children to read more than one genre. Most times children are drawn to the fiction world because the stories are interesting and engaging. They are the ones like harry potter or the chronicles of narnia. I was one of those kids who only liked reading the fiction books. I didn’t care to read the non-fiction books I thought they were boring and they didn’t have any surprises, or twists. That’s how I think the children are. They don’t care to read the non-fiction books because they are not interesting. Either that or the children haven’t found a non-fiction topic that interests them yet. That’s why I like how taberski tries to get her students to read a different genre. If she notices that her student is sticking to fiction, she’ll try and get them to read poetry or non-fiction books. The way she wrote it seemed like her children were more than willing to read a different genre. I don’t think that’s the case in every classroom. I don’t think children will be more than willing to change their genre like her class. It might take a bit of persuasion to get them to change their routine and read something else just because like I said, non-fiction books might not be as fun to read as fiction. But I guess that’s a task I need to work on when I get my own classroom.

I also read about the way taberski does her conferences. I think it’s kind of weird that she takes about five kids and puts them on a table and then she does conferences with them. Its like they are standing in line, waiting for her to be done and then its their turn. I like how my mentor does her conferences. She has a working area right at the door and she calls kids up individually so she can really have one-on-one time with them. I think that if kids are around other kids who can hear them read, they won’t read so good because they will get nervous because there are other kids around them who can hear. I think I’m going to adopt my mentor teachers method because it allows my student to be away from the rest of the class. I think it will be more comfortable for the students that way. And the rest of the kids are either reading independently or they’re writing in their journals.