> Yes, ONLY 9 weeks. I am hoping after my first year in this position I can work to change that. BUT for now. . .
15 books was a thought too and the students will be given plenty of time to read in class. Thanks, Rhonda > Why not try for 15. Really inspire them to read. They can count certain > books as two as Donalynn discussed. Will you only see the students for 9 > weeks out of the entire year? > > Laura > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rhonda Brinkman <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Aug 3, 2010 5:45 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Book Whisperer - Chapter 4 > > > > This is a great time for my question. But first some background. . I > sed the ideas of the required book genre last year with my 8th grade > nglish classes. I wasnât sure about naming a number but I tried it. In > ur middle school we have 90 minute blocks. So instead of having the > tudents for entire year I only have them for a semester. I arranged > he book requirement to be 20 books using similar requirements that > onalyn has in her classroom. This went well and most students met > equirements without a problem. Of course number of books was not > raded (this was a HUGE thing for the students and parentsâso glad I > idnât have that as a battle). > Anyways, I will be teaching 7th grade reading this year and my classes > ill only be a quarter long along with 90 minutes daily. FINALLY the > uestion: How many books should be required? The quarter will be 9 weeks > nd I thought about 12 books just to push it a bit. > Iâd love any feedback. > Thanks, > honda > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > osaic mailing list > [email protected] > o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > ttp://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. > > > -- > SECURITY REMINDER: > DO NOT give your e-mail login and password to anyone. EduTech will NEVER > ask you to provide this information. If this message is asking for > personal information, it did not come from EduTech. - Vaccine4 > > > _______________________________________________ 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.
