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March 28, 2010
Resources for Discovering Books: Fuse #8
I am continually asked to share the websites and resources I use to find new high-quality books for my students to read. I will share my favorites in daily posts over the next week.
Fuse #8
Elizabeth (Betsy) Bird, NYC public librarian, Newbery Award committee member, and book reviewer extraordinaire, writes prolific posts about new books, literacy programs, and the publishing world at her blog for the School Library Journal, A Fuse #8 Production. She is widely considered the most powerful...
Resources for Discovering Books: Fuse #8
I am continually asked to share the websites and resources I use to find new high-quality books for my students to read. I will share my favorites in daily posts over the next week.
Fuse #8
Elizabeth (Betsy) Bird, NYC public librarian, Newbery Award committee member, and book reviewer extraordinaire, writes prolific posts about new books, literacy programs, and the publishing world at her blog for the School Library Journal, A Fuse #8 Production. She is widely considered the most powerful b...
March 11, 2010
Share a Story, Shape a Future Day 4-- Reading Through the Ages: Old Faves and New Classics
The first three days of Share a Story/ Shape a Future 2010 have provided a treasure trove of resources, book lists, reading reflections, and discussions about literacy. Today, The Book Whisperer blog hosts Day Four-- Reading Through the Ages: Old Faves and New Classics. Like the other esteemed bloggers this week, today's contributors represent people who work each day to connect children with great books--teachers, librarians, parents, grandparents, book reviewers, and presenters.
We have...
Share a Story, Shape a Future Day 4-- Reading Through the Ages: Old Faves and New Classics
The first three days of Share a Story/ Shape a Future 2010 have provided a treasure trove of resources, book lists, reading reflections, and discussions about literacy. Today, The Book Whisperer blog hosts Day Four-- Reading Through the Ages: Old Faves and New Classics. Like the other esteemed bloggers this week, today's contributors represent people who work each day to connect children with great books--teachers, librarians, parents, grandparents, book reviewers, and presenters.
We...
March 7, 2010
Share a Story, Shape a Future 2010
Share a Story Shape a Future is an annual blog event to promote literacy, celebrate books, and provide resources for parents, teachers, and readers everywhere. This year's theme is "It Takes a Village to Raise a Reader." Join us March 8th to March 12th.
Each day a different kidlitosphere blogger serves as host for the posting of several other bloggers. You may visit the host blogs' sites to find a complete blog roll for each day.
March 8th: The Many Faces of Reading
Host: Terry Doherty a...
March 1, 2010
The Long Haul
I am a forever dieter. I have battled my weight since I was a teenager. I was slimmer once, during college and for a few years afterward, but I cannot suggest my pauper's menu of Ramen noodles and peanut butter to anyone. I took a nutrition course the second time I was in college, while earning my teaching degree. I chatted with my classmates about the calories in a gram of fat versus a gram of protein. I learned that orange vegetables contain vitamin A and carotene and leafy green veggies...
February 14, 2010
Wild Readers Survey
In reading education, we often talk about fostering lifelong reading habits in our students. Are we really doing this? How do we know? Creating enthusiastic, capable adult readers should be our priority. So what does a wild, avid, forever adult reader look like? How do we know someone is a reader? What are the reading behaviors of adults who see themselves as readers? And most important, how can we model and teach these habits?
To answer these questions, I have decided to go to the...
Wild Readers Survey
In reading education, we often talk about fostering lifelong reading habits in our students. Are we really doing this? How do we know? Creating enthusiastic, capable adult readers should be our priority. So what does a wild, avid, forever adult reader look like? How do we know someone is a reader? What are the reading behaviors of adults who see themselves as readers? And most important, how can we model and teach these habits?
To answer these questions, I have decided to go to the...
February 10, 2010
Effective Literacy Programs Lose Funding
Last week, policymakers announced that the Fiscal Year 2011 federal budget increases funding for education, but a closer look at the proposed budget indicates that direct funding for effective literacy programs such as Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), Literacy Through Libraries, Even Start, Ready to Learn TV, Striving Readers, and the National Writing Project (NWP) will cease under the new budget. Money historically allocated to support these programs will be folded into a larger, competitive...
January 31, 2010
Best Book Awards for Teaching to the Test
Dear Author,
Congratulations on winning the (insert name of major literary book award here). It must be gratifying to receive recognition for your work and its outstanding literary merit. I know--because my state standards tell me so--that authors write for many purposes: to inform us about the world, to express your emotions and opinions, to provide entertainment, to persuade us to act or believe a certain way, or to reflect on your life and your impressions of it. I am sure that your book...
