In a message dated 10/8/2006 8:55:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As for AR, I don't read books because of the level of difficulty, but because I want to read them. Sometimes those books are easy children's books that make me laugh or cry, sometimes they are professional books I don't completely understand but plow through anyway, and sometimes they are adult novels that I read because they are just plain interesting, exciting, thought provoking, hilarious, or intriguing. Adults don't read on AR levels. There are no AR levels in libraries or bookstores. How will children ever learn to choose books well if they are restricted in making choices? Oh well. I know I 'm preaching to the choir. I hope you are beginning to find ways to teach reading that fit with your ideas. Stand up to your literacy coach with the district framework, letting her know you have a right to use novels and tradebooks. Hang in there, Ruby Ruby, Thanks for the encouragement. I have been using downlaoded books from reading atoz with my lowest group of children. They are mostly decodeable texts with word families. The students love them. They are quirky books, and are not AR but they have success reading them independently and then can "find" those word family words in other text. I have begun teaching the students about making connections text to text,etc. I am amazed at some of their thinking it just doesn't come out on the tests that they take. I am a fifth year teacher and I know that eventually I will get it and so will the kids. Rosie _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
