After I finished reading Chapter 3, a lot of the information from the chapter was coming back to me. I remember learning a lot of this stuff in 3314. One of the things I really liked reading in the chapter was on page 39, the last paragraph. It says, "The last important aspect of a reading transaction is that whenever these three parts- the reader, the text, and the message- come together, there is a change in the reader." In one student, the change can be very small, while others the change is going to major and big. With the change, it brings back with what Mrs. Pickett said today in class, it doesn't matter what the author thinks about the book, the only thing that matters is what the reader thinks. I really enjoyed all the ideas that are mentioned in the chapter about assessing comprehension. Comprehension is being able to understand and make meaning of what was just read. Like the book says: COMPREHENSION IS THINKING. It might be hard to assess a child's comprehension, but it has to be done.
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I'm thankful that the old way of teaching (drill and kill) is becoming a thing of the past. The laid back way teachers are teaching nowadays makes the difference between life long learners that love to read and the ones that, as Professor Pickett says "play the Game of School".Unfortunately the game players make it but they don't always get to enjoy the ride!
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