[MOSAIC] Books and Grade Levels

[Readinglady1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/15/2008 10:54:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Lespop4 at aol.com writes:

I am  in  a K-8 building and every month we ALL read the same book for
what  we call  "Community Read".


We call this "Book of the Month" in my school.  We have used some  great 
books over the years.  This year we used Roxaboxen, Barbara Cooney  for September. 
 The theme was community.  We then used one of Patricia  Polacco's books for 
the Memoir units in October.  I have the list somewhere  at work.  What we did 
was use 1 text each month that tied in to either a  theme for the month, or 
that supported the writing units when possible.   The only month we had 2 
books, one for K-2 and one for 3 - 5 was February when  we did Black History.  We 
used My Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr for 3 - 5  and an easier read on the 
same topic for K-2.  Book of the Month is a  wonderful way to build school 
community and has nothing to do with limiting the  read alouds as discussed on this 
thread.  It is an additional text that is  purchased schoolwide by our PTA to 
help teachers and children see that we are  all connected as a community.  We 
do one book a month and it is nice to see  as you walk around the building.  
Teachers continue their reading and  writing work using many other texts.  
This is one book that is added each  month whenever the teacher fits it in.  We 
have one community bulletin  board outside the school office that each class 
contributes to around this  book.
 
Next year we were thinking of doing our theme selection of books around  s
ocial issues for the year.
 
Laura
readinglady.com
 



**************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family 
favorites at AOL Food.      
(http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)