When I was teaching in a regular classroom, I did exactly as Lori describes below. There were some books I just wanted at my fingertips at any time. And there were some for which I had no copies "for children" so after I used them they went on the white board tray OR in a "special books" basket under the "evil eye" "quirky Ms. Goularte" rule that they needed to go back to the same place or Ms. Goularte was not going to be a very happy person. :-)
Renee On Sep 20, 2008, at 7:31 AM, ljackson wrote: > I did have an off limits bookcase in the classroom. These were titles > I > needed at my fingertips so that I could use them for mini lessons and > to > teach from in writing workshop. You know how Ray describes reaching > into > her bag to show a writer a craft? Well, it was my bag and essential > to my > teaching. > > I had paperback versions of nearly all of these in organized bins that > were > accessible to students (often in pairs for shared reading and doubled > enjoyment) and for the rare (out-of-print) books that I could not make > available, I used the easel rule. After read aloud or teaching > through the > text, I would place it on the easel for shared browsing. My only rule > was > hard and fast, this book had to be back on the easel at the end of > workshop. " What was once educationally significant, but difficult to measure, has been replaced by what is insignificant and easy to measure. So now we test how well we have taught what we do not value." — Art Costa, emeritus professor, California State University _______________________________________________ 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.
