We do require summer reading in grades 1-12. There are lists of the books
that students must read that are compiled by teachers. These books are then
incorporated in the curriculum during the fall (classroom activities,
projects, etc.) by each teacher. Some teachers in the high school have only
2-3 books while the AP courses have a few additional titles to read. The
elementary students usually have a longer list and then by the 4-5 grades,
they have 4-5 titles that must be read.
We are also re-thinking this situation since most students "read" their
books a week before school starts (which shows, especially when parents come
in the library two weeks before school starts asking for a book on the list
to be checked out in their child's name and we haven't even opened the
library for circulation yet.)
We are thinking about a "One Book, One Campus" program where we use the
Nancy Pearl techniques of reading a specific book at the middle school /
high school level, but we haven't investigated much because the teachers
want the students to be prepared to go into their classes with the books
read and ready to begin. The problem is, this isn't happening now, so if we
can do something to alleviate the requirements of reading what the "teachers
want" and substitute it with a program that allows the students to read what
they want, then we might have students reading over the summer. One school
nearby did this recently with Lance Armstrong's book, "It's Not About the
Bike" and had success. Unfortunately, I think this idea is far from
blossoming on our campus.
~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawn VanLerberghe" <dlvl_02@hotmail.com>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 1:45 PM
Subject: TAR: I need numbers!!!!
> My HS principal wants me to find numbers on how many of your schools
require
> reading over the summer. Our reading committee has discussed it, but my
> english teachers (one in particular) stated that we cannot make kids read
> over the summer because its their summer. He said that it is hard enought
> to get students to read throughout the school year. I don't like this
> because I feel that we are letting students set the standards.
>
> What I need from you is a tally from you to state whether you require
summer
> reading or not. I really would appreciate this. If you want to provide
> info about what works and what doesn't, I will greatly appreciate that
also.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Dawn VanLerberghe
> Librarian
> Baraga Area Schools
> Baraga, MI 49908
> 906-353-6664
> dlvl_02@hotmail.com
>
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