Chapter 1: Kurt Stiglbauer

One nugget I got from this chapter is that kids should be allowed to choose the readings that they do so that they will have a true interest in it. I assign my students to read a book each quarter in my class, but I give them a list of fourteen different books, each with a different type of assessment. That way they choose their interest in books, but also their learning style. Some take a multiple choice test, some make a board game or a poster. The creative batch has the option of making a third-grade version of the same book with pictures and only three sentences per page. I have a Dr. Suess assessment, four-page essay, true/false test, matching test, traveling version of the book, oral exam, and many other assessments for other kinds of students . . .