A student was sent back down to the library today to get another
historical fiction book and I was introduced today to a new method of
selecting a book to read:
With a ruler, measure the width of the pages and the thickness of the
page; this will determine how many days it will take to read. If it is too
narrow and too thin it obviously will not take the student very long to
read it, therefore the student will have to pick a new book...preferably
thicker and wider!!! :(
Now, this is after an entire day of booktalks and discussion about the
various historical events of a wide variety of historical fiction books
and booktalks trying to entice students to venture out into time periods
they knew little about. Unfortunately the teacher was absent and the
classes were accompanied by a sub! At this point, I feel I've missed
something somewhere!!!! Why do teachers persist in looking at the length
of a book as a judgement of it's suitability???? How do we encourage and
nurture a love of reading when we do things like this? How many small
books have we read in our lives that have impacted us greatly?
Liz
Liz McMahon
Library Media Specialist
Williams Jr. High Library SAD 47
55 Pleasant St.
Oakland, ME 04963
lmcmahon@sad47.k12.me.us
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