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For years I've been telling the kids they need a "meat" book and a "popcorn" book. I tell them Popcorn is lots of fun to eat and you can't eat just one piece but that you need to feed your body some meat and vegetables too and that their reading brain is no different. Captain Underpants is fun, but it doesn't help them develop the stamina to tackle a long passage. I live in Texas where one lives and dies by the TAKS test and the reading passages. It keeps the teachers happy- the kids a "good" book for SSR and the kids can still have a drawing book, graphic novel, Captain Underpants etc. etc. etc. My definition of a "meat" book is pretty loosey goosey - Junie B. Jones, non fiction - really any book with passages of text. My school is very much ESL and the kids adore series books. When the English finally "clicks" it not uncommon for a good reader to devour 2 or 3 Bailey School books in a single night. Students at my school take out from 1 - 4 books except my avid readers who can have any many as the two of us think is reasonable. Kinders start with 1 book but quickly jump to 2 books and all the first graders get a least two. That way the boys have a book they can read and also an army or a dinosaur or some other "boy" book. Guusje Moore Librarian, Housman Elementary School Spring Branch ISD Houston, TX guusje@mindspring.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * To contact an LM_NET Moderator: LM_NET-request@listserv.syr.edu * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------