On a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being best, how was your experience of silent reading as a student in school? explain?

Answer 1

I was a good reader in school, but when I was in grade school, I just loved it when the teacher read to us. Especially if she very dramatic and read us books with lots of big, colorful pictures. I liked really expressive language and dramatic reading.

Answer 2

5

Answer 3

I take it you are a teacher trying to get ideas? Well, I think for your higher level students (if older), reading silently is the way to go. They comprehend and can read much faster than others. Like the other people on here were saying, they get bored with reading aloud because they read so much faster or the slower readers seem to hold up the book.

I think lower level students should read aloud, as a lot of those kids are more auditory learners. They may have trouble with reading comprehension by reading alone. They may need the slower pace of reading aloud to soak up the information.

Maybe you should try a 3 week experiment. Week 1, have the kids read silently and see how they do with normal assignments. Week 2, have them read aloud. Week 3, split them up in groups with each group doing something different. Your fast readers can try to go it alone and your slower readers read aloud, and vice versa. See how it goes!

My husband is dyslexic and a very auditory/hands on learner. I am just the opposite. I read everything and tell him how to do it/ or read to him out loud and we do pretty good that way.

Answer 4

Reading aloud is only good when the person is very animated with their reading, otherwise silent reading is best, 4 out of 5, because it allows you to add the voices to the character, have an imagination with it, without it being ruined by some humdrum reader or another student in class who gets stuck on words and stuff.

Answer 5

For me it was a definite 5 - I had 2 brothers at home who would interrupt, chores to do and other activities, so the in-class silent reading where I knew the time was mine to immerse myself in a good book and read at my own pace was wonderful!
It does allow for different pacing per student, and for increased enjoyment of the simple fact of reading.
I only remember it happening in the very early grades though, which may be why it feels like it was such a luxury: it disappeared so quickly!

Answer 6

I enjoyed silent reading or to be read to by teacher. This may sound harsh but that is not my intention. I didnt like to hear other students read. They generally read without expression or struggled making it hard to follow.
Silent reading:5

Answer 7

3. I loved it in grades 1-5. But now that i'm in highschool i use silent reading time as talking time xD

Answer 8

I can read faster than I can say the words out loud. I hated when we had to go through half the class and read aloud. Honestly though, the books we had to read usually sucked, so I'll give it a 2.

Answer 9

4 - I was a quick reader, and I found it boring when someone read to me. I always liked imagining the character's voices myself, and I found myself skipping ahead when someone read to me. Of course, having a person read to me was still always better than a tape, I really didn't like books on tape at all.

As a small child, like elementary school level, reading aloud was more fun. After the first few grades it became more fun to do it myself.

Answer 10

1. I hated reading in school, probably just because I had to?