This week I agree with the contents of chapter two of Readicide. In my first placement, I sat in on two Team meetings and one Content meeting. During the Team meetings, teachers discussed items that the book listed on page 30 and 31. For example, teachers talked about health benefits, attendance policy, and new rules implemented by the assistant principal. I think this meeting would have been a great opportunity to address reading problems in all content classes. I am assuming that there are students at a low reading level some where in the team.
In the Social Studies content area meeting, the only thing discussed were behavior problems and making sure all Social Studies teachers were on the same lesson in order to be ready for the first unit test. This also was a perfect example of how schools focus more time on certain ares and leave reading as a secondary topic.
Last, I agree also with Readicide that the old excuse of not having enough books can be address by using the Internet. If 80% of 6 to12th graders have a facebook account and there is a computer in every classroom, students can read articles from the Internet. I also think that most kids have access to a computer and the Internet at home or near their home. If the students do not, allow them to access reading from the web in class.
