ok, so for this read aloud, are these books you literally read out loud to your class during down time for like 5 minutes each day? or is this a novel you all read as a class out loud and do the activities and stuff?
Thanks, Ashli On 2/14/07, Lucinda Marcello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lois Lowry is a wonderful writer. We loved Number the Stars (historical > fiction) and The Giver. She has a good author website we searched as a > class > in the computer lab. She even responded to me on her blog. The 6th graders > loved that. > > Among the Hidden was loved by my 7th graders this year. Many, many went on > to read the other books in this series as it started them in that fine > direction. I like to read books in a series to hook them. > > Lucinda > Tucson, Arizona > --- Original Message ----- > From: "kimberlee hannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 5:11 PM > Subject: Re: [LIT] Update favorite "read-aloud" > > > > My favorite read alouds are The Giver (Lois Lowery), Among the > > Hidden(Margaret Haddix), and The > > Last Book in the Universe (Rodman Philbrick). These are tried but true > > favorites, but the sequels Messenger, Gathering Blue and many more > > "Amongs" > > just aren't great read alouds. They are however, great books to send > kids > > to when you are done with the read alouds. > > > > < > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/104-8777963-9859111?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Rodman%20Philbrick > >-- > > > > Kimberlee Hannan > > Department Chair > > Sequoia Middle School > > Fresno, CA > > _______________________________________________ > > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.39/685 - Release Date: > 2/13/2007 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
