Re: Dewey Numbers for Elementary

[Dawne Reed <dwreed@AZSTARNET.COM>]

Suzanne,

On the topic of 'chapter books' you hit one of my pet peeves.  I think it's
a silly designation  and confusing to students when it is used as a synonym
for easy fiction books.  I constantly explained to my students that fiction,
non-fiction, biography, and story collection books all have chapters.
Teachers need to be educated about the types of books available if they
don't already know and teach their students to use the correct identifiers.
I do orientations and resource tours with all my classes and do my part to
educate students that chapter books is not a genre.  (I feel so much better
getting that off my chest!)

Cheers!
Dawne Wheeler Reed
Library Media Specialist
Hohokam Middle School
7400 S. Settler Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85746-9099
520-578-4924 (phone)
520-578-4925 (FAX)
dreed@tusd.k12.az.us (school)
dwreed@azstarnet.com (personal)

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