[MOSAIC] ar

[kimberlee hannan]

I guess I figure this:  The schools I have been teaching at in the last 10
years have had teachers that contend that reading books in class is a
complete and total waste of time.  AR has been a compromise between reading
real books and textbooks.  While I don't need to use it myself to entice
kids to read real books, teachers without the training and experience to
enamor kids to read real texts can use the (stupid) trinkets to the same
ends.  I am like you , Laura.  I can think of so much worse...
kim

On 9/2/07, Laura Cannon <lcannon at satx.rr.com> wrote:
>
> AR was one of the first programs that got kids out of the basal-workbook
> style of teaching reading, three reading groups placement in the basal by
> your reading level and reading through the stories one by one.  It got
> kids
> into the library and reading their books-not just keeping them in their
> backpacks to turn in on library day.  It was the first that I know of that
> said kids must be given time in class to read-read, not mark worksheets or
> complete a reading workbook.  It is not the end all of teaching reading,
> it
> is another tool that a teacher can use.   I fail to understand the
> "hatred"
> or "evil" label attributed to it.
>
> Laura C
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Kim
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Kimberlee Hannan
Department Chair
Sequoia Middle School
Fresno, California 93702

The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.  ~Author Unknown

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