If you are doing a book and tape, LeVar Burton does a wonderful reading of The Watsons Go to Birmingham. Another read aloud I suggest in Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Mohrhauser, Sarah < [email protected]> wrote: > Carman also has a new series called 3:15. The books are electronic and > include video, like his Skeleton Creek books. There are three pieces to > each installment and they take only 15 minutes to read through. Great for > read aloud as they are short...and the video is very motivating. > > Sarah Mohrhauser > Literacy Coach > South Washington County Schools > Cottage Grove Middle School > Phone: 651-768-6818 Fax: 651-768-6828 > www.sowashco.k12.mn.us > ISD833: An east metro school district serving all or parts of the > communities of Cottage Grove, Newport, St. Paul Park and Woodbury and Afton, > Denmark and Grey Cloud Island Townships, Minnesota > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected][mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ambrose, Kathleen > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:38 AM > To: [email protected]; Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] middle school ideas??? > > I love, love the Skeleton Creek series by Patrick Carmen-- interactive "you > tube" videos at the end of each chapter. Very well done book by Scholastic. > > Kathleen Ambrose > Reading Specialist > Hampton Bays Middle School > ________________________________________ > From: > [email protected][mosaic-bounces+kambrose= > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] [ > [email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:26 PM > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > Subject: [MOSAIC] middle school ideas??? > > I am going to be teaching a weekly summer school reading class for > middle schoolers. > > I am interested in some read aloud suggestions that can work for > everyone from the innocent 11-year-olds to the more worldly > 13-year-olds. I need books that I can read out loud in four hours or > less without rushing. Any ideas? > > I also wonder how many books it would be reasonable to expect kids to > read during eight weeks over the summer. They get to choose what books > they read. > > Any suggestions you have about making the class successful would be > appreciated. > > We'll meet just once a week for two hours each week. I'm planning on > dividing each class session into different parts. We cannot do all one > thing for two hours! > Thanks! > Jan > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Maureen Picard Robins The Pressures of Teaching (Kaplan, 2010) The Transmigration of Souls (Finishing Line Press) The Good Teacher Mentor (Teachers College Press,2003) http://[email protected] _______________________________________________ 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.
