LM_NET 11/01/99: No Subject

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From: Robert Hiebert <rhiebert@SD6.BC.CA>
Subject: HIT: voluntary reading in HS

Hello All,

Several people suggested I post a hit regarding my query about successful
voluntary reading programs in high schools. There weren't too many hits
(meaning there are too many successful reading programs???), but here goes.
(The identity of respondents has been suppressed.)

Thanks to all who responded!

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My old hs has a twenty minute home room period called
reading break, anouncements and other important stuff
and 15min of reading here is the address of the
principal is bpeck@wausau.k12.wi.us or there web site
at http://www.wausau.k12.wi.us/east/

We are in our second year of SSR; we started with 2 days a week at the
beginning of each school day and read for 20 minutes.  This year we
expanded
it to every day except Tues. which is club day.  If a student does not have
a club meeting to go to, then that time is also spent with SSR.  Even the
staff who were against it during the first year were overwhelmingly in
favor
of it this year.

    I teach in a middle school where I students were required to do 30
minutes of sustained silent reading in a homeroom type setting.  Also some
of the teachers used this time occasionally for those read alouds that they
never seem to have time for.  Management/discipline was no problem.
Teachers took role by having the students give the title and page number
where they were reading.  Any student without a book or who did not use
this
time to read lost his 5 points for the day.  The total points were then
used
as 10% of the student's language arts grade.  All teachers loved this time,
but the scheduling monster ate it.

Our school employs a program called D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and
Read)twice
a month, not daily.  It is a formatted program that takes up about 40
minutes.  The first 20 minutes are devoted to silent reading, the next 10
minutes to writing or otherwise portraying on paper impressions of what was
read, and the last 10 minutes to sharing what was read and written.  The
times obviously can be lengthened or shortened to fit your needs.  The
material can be either teacher-directed or student-selected.  Obviously you
could not take 40 min. each day for this program.  Maybe this will give you
some ideas.
*************************

Regards,
Robert

Robert Hiebert
Librarian, Golden Secondary School
www.sd6.bc.ca/gss/library/
Fax: 250 344 7116
rhiebert@sd6.bc.ca

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