As Reading Skills Fade...
As Reading Skills Fade As and how my experience in teaching grows, my struggle with teaching reading grows too. Every year I wish for at least about five students in my class who love to read and challenge themselves. But every year, the number of readers is decreasing. And along with the number of readers, the number of thinkers and problem solvers is also falling. Yes, there reading skills are directly proportional to problem solving skills. Many parents treat math and language separately. They are very happy to see high math grade, and not enough attention is paid to falling reading grade. In primary grades, it may not matter that much as the students are learning basic concepts and computation in math. The moment the students enter junior school, where they are expected to apply the skills and concepts learnt, the struggle begins. This is my sixth year teaching junior school, and in my experience, students rush to solve the math problems, many times without even reading the giv