Book Board Chat

Good Evening Everyone!

I hauled my Sidewalk book [which I didn't find on a sidewalk] and both boys ignored it. I tutor two boys back to back [they are friends] one in reading and the other in math. I take papers and things [mazes] plus AR books to keep the other one occupied [translation, not distrubting things too bad]. They were both interested in the book on Pearl Harbor [book level 5.7 I think] and flipped through it asking questions. That translates as, they will start reading it but have to play hard to get. 8^)

I read the Sidewalk book but won't pull anything out of it yet because so far The Gettysburg Address has the boy's attention. We worked on word means [and multiple meanings] and why the Address was given, the Civil War, answered questions about it and Lincoln. For the first sentence he went from reading it in 30 odd seconds with errors to 15 seconds with no errors. [we use a stop watch upon occassion, boys in particular like that. I had to read the whole thing and be timed]. Then we went on to other things.

Didn't recognize Robert Service until I checked the what he wrote and remembered the Mcgraw and cremation poems. [don't remember them as rhyming so I must have read them before 9th grade as 'stories'].

Laurie he 'gets' rap, but it is considered 'black' music form and there is a bit of historic friction between the poor black and poor white and poor mexican in the neighborhood [add to that mexican rap is considered drug/gang music]. tensions have gone down and things have improved, but it might be too black for him. [unfortunately, I get rap easier than most poetry]. I have considered taping him [he has a bit of a vanity streak in him].

carol will check those sites next.

Jim The book has the old notation. I didn't know there was a New one. egads.

The math boy spent some time with the book [winning chess for beginners or something like that] the deliberately stuck it under the Sidewalk book [which wasn't found on a sidewalk] and watched Reading boy to see if he'd get it out. Reading boy naturally didn't. [don't you love 5th grade boys!].

Reading Boy is the one I taught chess to last spring. Along with a high school girl that wanted to learn. After playing each separately with the other watching until they more or less figured out properly how the pieces moved, I would play both at the same time [like a grand master!!!!] after spotting each their choice of bishops or rooks, and helping say a first grader with reading or math. Reading Boy learned humility [he needed to] then the advantages of using multi pieces in actions at once. High School Girl learned to concentrate and plan ahead. Both learned slowly to be a bit more aggressive in their actions. By the time summer vacation started both had beat me -- abet with the missing bishops and rooks on my part.
Before you are impressed, I am not a good player. On the computer I can best the computer on level 1 most of the time but level 2 out thinks me [and the computer won't spot me pieces] but then I don't concentrate and treat playing chess as just another multitasking item because I am on dial up and things load slowly.

Reading boy has taught Math boy some chess. After the Fcats I will do the chess matches again.

***
striped chicken?
****