I would love to know what you do. I told my class that I was "thinking" of having them read a certain of books in each genre during the year. I told them that I was going to wait until the end of Sept when they tally the amount of books they have read in Aug/Sept and then I will decide. They have a sheet in their notebooks that lists the genres and they have to tally what they read. I am not sure as to how many books I will require them to read. I want to say at least 25 books which I think is very doable. Is that number too low? What about our ESL kids? I am eager to "read" the conversations you have on this topic. I still have to finish the last chapter or 2 of the book. We started school at the beginning of Aug and I am still reeling with beg of the year stuff. We have too many "new "things this year and it is hard getting going.
--- On Thu, 9/3/09, Stewart, L <[email protected]> wrote: From: Stewart, L <[email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] independent reading accountability To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 12:55 PM After reading The Book Whisperer, I am considering setting a goal for my third grade students to read a certain amount of books in specific genres. I am wondering if anyone has done this with this grade level and if you would share how you did it and if you thought it was/was not successful in exposing children to a variety of genres and holding them to a reading diet. What would you consider to be an acceptable number of books to require for reading in a school year for third graders? Thanks. Leslie R. Stewart (203)481-5386 X310 FAX (203)483-0749 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Dr. Seuss _______________________________________________ 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.
