[MOSAIC] magazine subscriptions?

[Joel Hootman]

We used Time for Kids but stopped because we couldn't keep up with it  
each week with everything else we have to do.  It is good, especially  
for fifth grade.

I try to keep lots of magazines in my room especially for those kids  
who are nonfiction readers.  It has made a WORLD of difference to  
some students who can't concentrate on a long novel or who don't care  
for fiction reading.  My kids, (fourth grade) LOVE Kids Discover,  
Ask, Muse.  Recently for this year, I subscribed to Stone Soup which  
is written by kids.  I'm hoping it will give my students examples of  
student writing to learn from.   They still love Zoobooks.  I always  
ask for donations of kids related magazines, and give them examples.   
(NOT those "teen" magazines!)   Many parents have old ones laying  
around that they are happy to get rid of.  If you can't use them for  
your classroom library, you can cut them up, throw them out,  
whatever. You never know when a parent may be willing to subscribe to  
something for the year in your classroom.

Joel / OH / 4th


On Aug 25, 2007, at 1:20 AM, Kimberly Stapert wrote:

>   What are
> some of you ordering?
> On that line of thinking, I'm also thinking of ordering either Time  
> for
> Kids, Schlastic News, or Weekly Reader (I've had WR for 3  years with
> gr. 2, but then my new school LAST year bought S.N. and I actually
> liked that better; I've never tried TfK - I love using them for the
> Key: Determining Importance).  I guess I don't even know what all is
> available for 5th grade either.  Any advice?
> Thank you in advance!
> Kim/5th/MI
>
>
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