Lori and Angela, I had the same thing happen at my former school. Charlotte's Web was always a 4th grade selection in our district, so I bought my own class set, and laminated the covers to keep them from falling apart. In my opinion, the book is too difficult for most 1st or 2nd graders to read independently, and some of the vocabulary is above some 3rd graders. So what did the teachers at my former elementary school do? They read the book aloud. Their justification for reading the book aloud was: spiders are part of the 2nd grade curriculum, or farm animals (or fantasy...) are part of 1st grade's curriculum. By the time I got those kids in 4th, they'd heard the book 2 or 3 times. I finally stopped reading it with my 4ths. So I have an class set of perfectly good books sitting in a storage box. Barbara/6th/FL
-----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Lori Labrum I agree with you, but it isn't just with reading materials but with all subject matter, even read-alouds. I purchased a classroom set of Charlotte's Web several years ago and the kids follow, echo read, fill in the missing words, etc as we read aloud. We always has so much fun...then the second grade teachers decided they wanted to read it to their kids....... _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
