Re: TARGET: Terminology

[Bev Bauer <bauer@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>]

It should also be mentioned that they are not "easy" for everyone.  What
about the struggling readers, the non-readers, and the emerging readers?


Bev Bauer
Media Specialist
Emmet D. Williams Elementary
955 W. County Road D
Shoreview, MN 55126

bev.bauer@edw.roseville.k12.mn.us


> From: wmpotter <mary.lynn.potter@SHORELINESCHOOLS.ORG>
> Reply-To: wmpotter <mary.lynn.potter@SHORELINESCHOOLS.ORG>
> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:36:59 -0700
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: TARGET:  Terminology
>
> I have never called the E books "easy" books.  In my library they are
> everybody books and that is explained to students beginning in K...that
> everyone loves picture books, you are never too old for them.  Teachers K -
> 6 use picture books to teach lessons.  One of my favorite student reactions
> occurs when I announce to a 5th or 6th grade class that today we will meet
> in the everybody section...they cheer as they know that I will be reading to
> them...so I think it depends philsophically how the E books are presented to
> kids....if they are good for all, the students will continue to love them
> even when they move on the fiction reading.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris LoFrumento" <chrislof@MORGANCO.NET>
> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: TARGET: Terminology
>
>
>> Valerie...
>>
>> I think that's a bigger issue than it appears at first. Calling E books
>> "Easy" limits their appeal to a large number of students who would find
>> them wonderfully interesting. Many older students avoid the Easy
>> shelves at all costs.
>>
>> I'm beginning to shelve the Everyone books at more disbursed locations;
>> hopefully, upper grade students won't feel so much pressure to avoid
>> them. I also make sure older kids see me reading them and use them for
>> book talks with the higher grades.
>>
>> Christian LoFrumento
>> TLC, Technology and Library Center
>> Morgan West Elementary School
>> McConnelsville  OH   43756
>>
>> chrislof@morganco.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Valerie Knipping wrote:
>>
>>> Hello to All...
>>>
>>> Nothing big here, just curious about your
>>> interpretations of referrring to [E] books as  "easy"
>>> books or "everyone" books.  Believe it or not, it has
>>> become an issue here.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your thoughts.
>>>
>>> Val Knipping
>>> Librarian
>>> Edgemont Elementary School
>>> Montclair, NJ
>>>
>>
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