Absolutely! On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Stewart, L <[email protected]>wrote:
> Eve Bunting, Cynthia Rylant, Patricia Polacco > > Leslie R. Stewart > Grade 3 Teacher > [email protected] > 203-481-5386, 203-483-0749 FAX > > To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, > ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of > poetry. ~ Gaston Bachelard ~ > ________________________________________ > From: > [email protected][mosaic-bounces+lstewart= > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Heather Green [ > [email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 7:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] thought-provoking reading for 1st graders > > Hi there, > Starting in December we will start breaking up into reading clubs in my > school. We'll meet for 50 minutes, 4 days a week. The groups are > differentiated, and I have the highest group of first graders--reading > anywhere from end of 1st grade level to 4th grade+ level. > > I decided that I wanted to stay away from chapter books this year because > in > 1st grade the focus doesn't need to be on reading chapter books. I want my > kids to be reading good quality literature that makes them think. We don't > have many books available. I'm willing to buy some with my own money if I > will use them again and again. So I need your help. I am looking for > books > that meet this criteria: > > 1) not a chapter book > 2) something written at about the 2nd grade level or so (I'm thinking using > this in small groups for the kids to read themselves) > 3) something thought-provoking that would spark good conversation > 4) not toooo preachy and still of interest to 1st graders > > Any ideas?!? > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- "There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals." Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes _______________________________________________ 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.
