Ellen chimed in with the point that she had discussed nancy atwell's last book which takes the notion of not getting in the way of getting kids lost in their books even further. Were those comments ever posted in the resources? I think I know that she respects Atwell but would still hold out for modeling and talking metacognitively about strategies some of the time. Does anyone on the list know. I need to read the Book Whisperer. Have read Nancy's last book. Also Kelly Gallagher has a strong book on independent reading. He's a great high school teacher who has written some really good books on bothr eading and writing.
Let's go forward with this discussion. I wrestle with it much of the time! Not with self-selected independent reading at all but with how much facilitated teaching I do. Sally On 7/30/09 5:32 PM, "Waingort Jimenez, Elisa" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it would be worthwhile having this discussion on the list. I think > this book may speak to many of the issues we've been discussing on this list > lately. > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even > touched. They must be felt within the heart. > —Helen Keller > > Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. > http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ > > > > I bought and read "The Book Whisperer" in practically one sitting. I would > love for anyone who has read it to email me off line for an informal book > discussion. I have done many of the things that Donalyn has done in her > classroom but would like to take it to HER level. I teach 8th graders so > let me know your thoughts. > > Thanks so much, > Rhonda > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
