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Reading Aloud…Multiple Ages
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How should I do a combined reading lesson, (that I would read aloud) if my 7 year old has a shorter attention span than my 9 year old?
Shannon
The easiest way I get around this is to allow my younger children to pencil sketch during readings. The only catch is that I arrange my kids in a way so that the younger children are sitting slightly behind the older children and therefore not causing the older children a visual distraction… It seems to work and it leads to the younger children eventually incorporating a little picture narration (I do encourage them to draw what they are imagining the story that I’m reading looks like in pictures…)
HTH!
AngieI’m not sure which you mean – literature read alouds that are enjoyed by all, but the youngest has a shorter attention span for or actual reading instruction (teaching the child to read) for each child. If the former, either use a suggestion like previously mentioned or simply shorten the selection. If the latter, I would not try to instruct two children at different levels at the same time, personally.
The lessons I’m referring to are the history lessons from Genesis-Deuteronomy & Ancient Egypt.
Currently we are reading Boy of the Pyramids ( grade 1-3). In the past few lessons, I decided to let my oldest read on his own, and I read aloud to my youngest in shorter selections.
It’s not a huge issue, I was just curious for other suggestions or thoughts, where we could still read together as before.
I hope that helps and is clearer…Thank you!
Shannon
In general I aim together reading at a level my youngest can get but then they do individual reading on the same topic at their own levels
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