#readicide

Apparently there is at least one first-grade teacher who is making the bold and innovative move of introducing their students to middle-school-level concepts early. Specifically, the concept of slouching back in your chair and asking if it’ll be on the test before you deign to take any interest.

No, seriously, first grade:

Yep, on the level of words sprinkled with ideographs. Which, numerically, comes to...

In gaming terms, that is a  proper level at which to face the evil Emperor as he toys with the cosmic order atop a floating continent, but, in reading terms, it’s a level at which you are not yet fully trusted with the word “zipper.” One shudders to think what a slog the last twenty-three levels must have been.

Survey Data: Agree-Reading is Important; Disagree-Reading is Fun

The 7th and 8th grade teachers who administered our own  “How I Feel about Reading Survey” to teams of students have collected some contradictory data. The survey is based on questions suggested by Kelly Gallagher in his book Readicide. In this book, Gallagher uses the term “readicide” to define “the systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices…