During silent reading time in my fourth-grade class, I have built in opportunities to work individually with students. During this time, the students read to me and practice word work with flash cards. One student has refused to read to me but instead only wants to work with the flash cards. After a few times I suggested we work with flash cards this time and begin reading next time. He agreed. The next time we met, I reminded him of our plan, and he screamed, “I don’t remember. I want to do word cards.†At this point, I tried to find out why he didn’t like reading and he said, “There’s a reason, I just can’t tell you,†and he threw the word cards across the room, some of them hitting other students. What should I do?
