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It's fair to say that, after 17 years in one school district, I was accustomed to a particular manner of "doing school." I think it's also safe to say that the last couple of weeks in a brand new district, teaching a different level of students, and learning a contrasting manner of "doing school" exhausted and invigorated me all at once. As of Friday, every student had self-selected his or her first book of the year. I was excited to introduce some of my favorite, well-loved books to a new group of students. Sitting next to a few students and talking about the book they chose has already challenged me to carve out as much time as possible for independent reading. Research by Stephen Krashen and others shows that free-choice reading improves test scores more than teacher-created lessons on reading. Does that mean we won't have lessons? Absolutely not! However, I want to strike a balance in our reading community between independent reading and teacher-lead reading. I'm actually looking forward to Tuesday. Thank goodness I have Labor Day, though, to craft our lessons for the week.
Posted by Guest  On Aug 31, 2014 at 8:51 PM 854 Comments
  
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