Debra I love this. Did he say anything else that you can share. I am changing everything that says Good Readers to Deep Readers on Tuesday. Pat K
"to be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting." e.e. cummings On Jan 8, 2008, at 8:47 PM, Debra wrote: > Rosie, I can't add anything to the list Deb gave you, but I will say > one > thing about this. I began my Readers Workshop several years ago after > attending professional development with Sharon Taberski and Kathy > Collins of > Teachers College of NY. It was excellent training and I followed their > language with my kids of talking about what "good readers" do. Then > last > summer I heard Peter Johnston, author of Choice Words. He emphasized > that > when we tell kids what "good readers" do, we are sending the message > that > there are good and bad readers and the students who are weaker readers > or > struggling will label themselves as bad readers. He advocated against > using > the phrase "good readers" so this year I have pushed myself to > rephrase that > as "deep readers" and I talk about what we do when we read deeply. > This > actually made a lot of sense to me because, as I tell the kids, I don't > always read deeply. Sometimes I scan, as with the newspaper often. > This > approach has worked so well for me that next year I'm going to change > my > ant-themed classroom to an ocean theme to go with the "deep readers." > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
