[MOSAIC] in support of AR

[Mholley112 at aol.com]

Rosie, my schedule is (approximately) 8-9:45 reading, spelling, phonics or  
word work, 15 min. recess, AR from 10-11:00, lunch till 11:45, math after lunch 
 for 45 min to 1 hour, English for 30-45 min. then Science or Social studies 
till  school is out. It is tough to get it all in. Through the efforts of many 
 teachers, however, our AR time is held as almost sacred. Several schools in 
our  district have gone to literacy blocks. Strangely enough, these schools 
have  principals who look down on the AR program. In some of those schools, the 
kids  can only check out an AR book once a week when their class goes to 
regular  library class. Those schools are coincidently on probation.  Say what you  
will about AR, we have put it to good use. Last year and this year (after NM  
implementing a new state test) our two third grade classes have scored second 
in  the district in reading. Everything helps.