What Heather said is the same for my district. CA state standards actually require students to read 25 books a year in various genres.
On 6/1/07, Heather Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here in NYC, the standards (developed from the "New > Standards" work in Pennsylvania) say that students > must read 25 books (or book equivalents) every year, > with a range of genres and authors. In my school (and > lots of schools in NYC), we use reading and writing > workshop, so kids do reading work in school (and at > home), in independent books that are at their > independent reading level. They also have small book > clubs, and lots of read aloud, so there is plenty of > opportunities for shared reading experiences and > discussions. > > Heather Gottlieb > IS 89 > NYC > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > How many books do you expect your middle school > > students to read in a year? In my school I think > > we're not expecting enough reading. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated > for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ 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
