Deb - Have you thought of using short story, poetry, and non-fiction text for your grade level and above readers for reading group selections, and having them form book clubs and choosing independent text for classroom reading? Book clubs are a way for students to read longer text and experience the social context of reading. Kathy -------------- Original message from "Deb Stoner" <[email protected]>: --------------
> I'm new to teaching 4th grade--coming from second/third for 15 years. Now > that we are midway thru the year and a good amount of my students are on > level or above. My question is this---I'm stuggling with how to incorporate > longer chapter books into my guided reading sessions. It seems that by the > time I get back to the group--sometimes a week later, I'm afraid students > will loose momentum for the text. I've always taught my guided reading > groups with shorter texts, and still do. However, I'm running out of those > multi copy options from our bookroom as students move up in level . How do > you keep the chapter book groups going that don't meet with you every day? > Do you always assign them chapters to read on the days in between? > thanks in advance for your help > Deb > "There is no foot too small, that it cannot make an imprint on our world." > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
