In chapter two, something that really caught my attention is how Kylene Beers identifies struggling readers. Most of the time, we will think of the kid slumped in the back trying to take a nap, but she has let us know that this is not always the case. We can't just stereotype who we think is struggling with reading, we have to identify the problem in all students because they are all different.
Also, in the part with Haley and Justin doing 'word-sorts', it was clear to me that all students are different, and although they may all be in the same grade, it does not mean that they are all the same in their reading abilities. We wish that all of our future-students could be great independent readers, but this is not the case. All that we can do to help them is try to figure out what their "it" is, like George never did, and go from there. Beers certainly gave us a few tips on how to achieve this as well. -Katie May
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Unfortunately over-generalization of what a bad student or reader is also prevents us from seeing those who need help but are doing well. As teachers we must try to catch most of these students problems and if we have these stereotypes of students we may never be able to see past them to the real problem. Also the idea that Haley and Justin were in the same grade really kind of shocked me. All I could think is "Why aren't their teachers seeing the difference in reading levels and doing what they can to fix it.
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