As a child, I used to avoid books with "that gold medal" like the plague. I wouldn't pick one up – at all. In fact, I read more SVH (sad, but true) and Babysitters' Club Books than I did Newbery Medal Award and Honor Books. YIKES! As a teacher, I discovered several Newbery Book Recipients… Continue reading The Newbery Controversy
Category: Read Aloud
Article About Characters Who Write
I just received the September 2008 Issue of The Reading Teacher. It's already accumulating sticky notes, tabs, and dog-ears since it's packed with a wealth of information. There's an article I highly suggest you read entitled "'To Be a Writer' Representations of Writers in Recent Children's Novels." Here's the abstract, which I took from the… Continue reading Article About Characters Who Write
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Preparing for September 11th
Where were you on September 11th, 2001? It's a question that makes my heart tighten. I was in Manhattan, at a job interview in Midtown. I heard that a plane hit the Trade Center and I immediately headed home via surface transportation for fear the subways would be unsafe. When I emerged from the building… Continue reading Preparing for September 11th
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Reading Aloud.
In the past day and a half, I have witnessed three read alouds: kindergarten; grade 3; and grade 5. There is something special about having the outsider's perspective, while at the same time, an insider's understanding of the power of read alouds. Each of the read alouds were given by a different teacher, with different styles… Continue reading Reading Aloud.
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My Book List Page Is FINALLY Complete!
I decided to transfer my old, messy, and incomplete book list that I kept on my Wiki to a GooglePages Website. I think I managed to record every single book I read aloud to my students this year by breaking out my read alouds into four categories: Reading Workshop Demonstration Texts Writing Workshop Touchstone Texts… Continue reading My Book List Page Is FINALLY Complete!
