[MOSAIC] AR

[kimberlee hannan]

I am going to throw my two cents worth in here as well.  I love the folks I
work with,  but as older teachers, many of them still come from a
transmission paradigm in their thinking.  Independent reading is NOT
something to be done during class.  AR is the only way they will allow kids
to read real books in their classrooms during the school day.  Yes, they use
it as part of the curriculum, BUT it gets real books into kids' hands.  The
tests are the accountability.  Boo to the competition; yay to the reading.
Seeing what the kids can do on their own and a few well placed articles and
comments and we are changing minds one teacher at a time.


Kim
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Kimberlee Hannan
Department Chair
Sequoia Middle School
resno, California 93702


Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't
change, kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give
everything, have no regrets.. Life's too short to be anything but happy.

kxhanna at fresno.k12.ca.us