How Do You Schedule Reading?

Tagged: 

Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • August 8, 2014 at 7:12 pm
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Hello everyone,

    I have another question as I try to figure out CM style.  The reading part….I have a 9 yr old DD and 13 yr old DS.  My question is, how do others go about all of the reading in a CM style education.  Do you read all subjects aloud and then have them narrate.  Do you only read some subjects as read alouds and have them do a certain amount of silent reads with narration?  I want them to do some reading on their own but I just don’t know how much should be done? Do I make sense?

    August 9, 2014 at 2:47 am
    artcmomto3
    Participant

    I am interested in knowing the answer to this question. I know that the idea is for the child to become independent learners, so as they get older they should be reading more and more independently and continuing narration, either oral or written. My daughter is in 4th grade, but having younger siblings we will still be reading a good bit aloud as a family. However, I will say that last year part way through the year she decided to start reading her Apologia assignments silently and doing the work on her own. I helped as needed. The study became her own as a result, and she went from disliking it to favoring it over almost every other subject.

    August 9, 2014 at 8:17 pm
    jmac17
    Participant

    It will depend on your family and each individual student, but I think most people do a mix of some books aloud and some books silently.  If you look at the SCM history modules (there are samples) for example, there will be some books listed as “family” books, and then some for students at different grade levels.  I think usually the family books are read aloud to all ages (although some have their older students read these silently at a different time), and then any students who are able will read the other books independently.  Obviously the youngest, not-yet-reading students will have all of their books read aloud.

    In my family, I have 2 school aged students DD9 and DS 7(and a kindergartener starting this year).  Both were early readers, so they are capable of reading all of their books themselves, but we still do some books together.  This year I’m planning our schedule based on time spent, versus trying to plan which specific chapters will be read each day.  I have 20 minutes planned each day for ‘listening’.  I will rotate through one literature, one history, and one science book, reading aloud to both children, and having them narrate together.  Later they will be assigned to ‘read and narrate’ (DS7 for 20 minutes once each day and DD9 for 20 minutes twice each day), which will be silent reading, choosing from a list of history, science, and literature books tailored to each child’s needs, abilities, and interests.  DD9 reads very quickly, so her list of books will be much longer than DS7’s.

    We also have a few other books, such as a church history book or Laying Down the Rails for Children, that we read together, including with DD5.  The older kids and I take turns reading aloud on those.  I will also read some Year 0 books to my youngest each day.

Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)
  • The topic ‘How Do You Schedule Reading?’ is closed to new replies.