This is a great time for my question. But first some background. . I used the ideas of the required book genre last year with my 8th grade English classes. I wasnt sure about naming a number but I tried it. In our middle school we have 90 minute blocks. So instead of having the students for entire year I only have them for a semester. I arranged the book requirement to be 20 books using similar requirements that Donalyn has in her classroom. This went well and most students met requirements without a problem. Of course number of books was not graded (this was a HUGE thing for the students and parentsso glad I didnt have that as a battle).
Anyways, I will be teaching 7th grade reading this year and my classes will only be a quarter long along with 90 minutes daily. FINALLY the question: How many books should be required? The quarter will be 9 weeks and I thought about 12 books just to push it a bit. Id love any feedback. Thanks, Rhonda When you have your kids in a self-contained setting, unlike donalyn, you > have access to even more of their time. Add to that the fact that your > books > are short and maybe 50 would be a nice round number. I still am > uncomfortable with naming a number with 9 year olds, though. They don't > have > the experience or maturity to see it as a goal; I'm afraid it would be > seen > as a version of Race to the Top. > _______________________________________________ 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.
