Finding the balancing act of narration…??

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  • December 1, 2015 at 10:40 pm
    Vanessa
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    For narration, should the focus be on narrating living books for subjects like science, history, etc. vs  books that my children read independently for leisure reading?

    The reason I ask is my 5th grader is wanting to read his own book without having to always narrate and answer questions. He doesn’t mind narrating for our history and science lessons, but he said he wants to enjoy reading his own books without having to narrate & answer questions.

    Trying to find the balance on what to and how much narration to implement…??

    Thanks!

     

    December 2, 2015 at 8:07 am
    HollyS
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    We don’t narrate everything.  We usually narrate history, science, and Bible.  I sometimes have them narrate their assigned literature readings (or independent history books), but I never have them narrate from their free reads.

    December 2, 2015 at 8:24 am
    sarah2106
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    Agree, I don’t have the kids narrate free reads; but if it is a book I have read, I will talk to them about it in an informal way, and that is really fun 🙂 My oldest is in 4th grade and I am trying to keep a head of her with reading. Most of the books so far I have read, but she is branching into books I never had a chance to read, so I am trying to read those before she does so that we can chat about the books for fun.

    We do History, Science and some of their assigned readings for History

    December 2, 2015 at 5:43 pm
    Melanie32
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    I require narrations for all readings except the books my daughter reads in her free time.

     

    December 3, 2015 at 10:55 pm
    Vanessa
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    Thanks Ladies!

    I was feeling like I was leaning in the right direction. All of you confirmed it :)!

    Thanks again!

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