I use a lot of more "mature" books in my classroom. I do not send a permission slip, but rather I choose to deal w/ the parents individually if the issue comes up. Only once did I have a parent come to me. However her son had checked the book (Lord Loss) out of our library (because my classroom was checked out!). I told her that some parents don't mind their kids reading it, but as a parent you have right to monitor what your child reads, and told her that if there was any book she felt n not appropriate, to have him return it. Of course then she said she was going to let him finish it b/c he had already started and he doesn't like reading.
However, you are at a private/religious school, so you may want to do a permission slip. Maybe list the titles of books for parents so they can look them up? On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Janice Hise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I teach 7/8 English and reading for a small Catholic K-8 where it seems > most of the middle schoolers are allowed to watch those awful r-rated > slasher movies. My problem is what to do about "PG-13 or R-rated" books. > Some of the books I read over the summer, such as Paranoid Park and I Am > the Messenger are just the books I need to interest some of my non-readers, > but so far I have not done any booktalks on them because of the content > (pre-marital sex, graphic violence, curse words, etc.) My parents are > definitely not prudes, but I don't want to preempt their ability to monitor > at what age their child starts to read about these issues. > > Has anyone sent home a generic notice or permission slip regarding what > books parents are comfortable letting their children read? If so, could you > send me an electronic file of your notice/slip? Or just describe how you > handle this in general? Do you avoid giving booktalks on anything you rate > even slightly questionable for all readers? This excludes a lot of good > books! I really want to share these books with the class but I don't want > to set up a lumbering, time consuming system of censorship. Help! > > _______________________________________________ > 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 "DIBELS is the worst thing to happen to the teaching of reading since the development of flash cards." - P. David Pearson" "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
