Is AR like Reading Counts? On 6/28/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In a message dated 6/28/2007 9:59:14 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > AR is the only way they will allow kids > to read real books in their classrooms during the school day. Yes, they > use > it as part of the curriculum, BUT it gets real books into kids' > hands. The > tests are the accountability. > > > My school implemented AR about 10 years ago. I am about to start my > 8th year > there. Every year, school wide, we have devoted an hour a day to AR. The > library is open to everyone during that hour. While this isn't "real" > research, > the teachers who were there before me say that the students' reading > scores > improved over what they were before AR. Why? Because we had a whole hour > devoted to independent, self-selected reading each day. Now kids were > reading where > they used to go to the library once a week to check out a book they may > or > may not have read by the next week. The AR tests held them accountable: > the > teacher could see if students were misusing that time. It is not a way to > teach reading by any means, but as Kim said, it gets real books into > kids' hands. > It has given hesitant teachers "permission" to allow a big chunk of time > for > just fun reading. I used to think it was a great program, and am still > grateful for the time it gives us for library use. Though my readings and > experience, I know it doesn't "teach" anything, but my plan is to > incorporate my > reading workshop into that time so that my students have the opportunity > to find > books they like for independent reading time. > > We are going to be doing a book talk this fall with all of our teachers > using MOT1. Hopefully all of us will learn how to work with our > students teaching > them the strategies. > > Cheryle/Hobbs, NM > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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