We Love to Read!!!

Funded Sep 7, 2014

My students LOVE their new books!!! They couldn't wait for me to put cards and pockets in them so they could check them out and take them home!! In fact, they have been so popular, when one student returns one, there is often such a surge of students to the class library, I sometimes have to intervene to ensure that everyone gets a fair chance at checking out that title.

Students check out books during their free time when they have finished their work. They read them during class free time as well as at home for their 30 minute reading homework time. Some students are so enthralled with their book, that I often see them reading it while I am trying to teach!!!!

Since I am currently reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to students, there has been great interest in the other Roald Dahl books that I ordered. I also anticipate a great interest in the biographies when we start our biography unit next month. The Magic Tree House books are especially good, since they intersperse nonfiction information throughout the story, in an easy- going, non-threatening manner. This is particularly important for students who are struggling readers or who are stronger readers in English.

I am confident that these books will improve my students' academic vocabulary as well as inspire them to want to learn more about the people, topics, and authors that they read about.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Dean