Lynn wrote: several books will be chosen for 'publication' and i am making arrangements to visit the local elementary school where they will be able to read their books to the students in the appropriate grade levels. any suggestions, comments, ideas? i need to focus on this as we struggle through the testing so it is ready to go on march 14th.
Pam writes: I think 4th quarter in FL is probably the most engaging quarter of all for our students! One of the teachers who I bounce ideas around with is in the process of creating student podcasts. They are working with a children's picture book (each student has a different book) and are mastering the art of reading fluently and with intonation and feeling. Once they've done that they are going to record themselves reading and put still pics of the book pages (or I think that's what they are doing), might be straight audio. The class is then going to gift a Kindergarten class (at the school across our campus) with the podcasts and the picture books. He is hoping to arrange a walking field trip to let the best 20 students actually go and guest read to the kinders. He says he's never seen his kids so excited. Did I mention that these are 7-8th graders who are reading at a 2nd & 3rd grade level? No easy kids to get excited. :o) Pam/6th gr./FL An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France (1844 - 1924) ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com _______________________________________________ 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
