Re: [LM_NET] Highly recommended - Power of Reading, 2ndedition

[Sara Kelly Johns <sarakellyjohns@YAHOO.COM>]

Thanks, Meg!

I was on the list until my ISP had problems and I got
booted. I've been trying to find it because I miss the
postings and updates. It's not overwhelming to join
and I second the recommendation as we face these
issues in our profession, Sara Kelly Johns

--- Meg Schimmels <mschimmelsfv@OLATHESCHOOLS.COM>
wrote:

> Dr. Krashen also has a MailList for people who want
> to receive email
> from Stephen Krashen on topics pertaining to
> language acquisition and
> language education. I  highly recommend subscribing
> to keep abreast of
> the attacks on reading methodology and Krashen's
> editorial responses to
> these attacks.
>
>
http://sdkrashen.com/mailman/listinfo/krashen-maillist_sdkrashen.com
>
>
>
>
> Meg Schimmels, LMS
> Fairview Elementary
> Olathe, KS
> mschimmelsfv@olatheschools.com
>
>
> >>> dougj <dougj@DOUG-JOHNSON.COM> 11/18/2004
> 2:16:01 PM >>>
> Hi folks,
>
> I urge you run, not walk, to buy Dr. Stephen
> Krashen's new second
> edition of
> The Power of Reading, Heinemann/Libraries Unlimited,
> 2004. (Ok, so I am
> the
> last person on this list to have read it.)
>
> Dr. Krashen, in a readable style, really helps
> connect the dots between
> the
> research about voluntary free reading and improved
> reading ability AND
> between voluntary free reading and the importance of
> available reading
> materials through all types of libraries.
>
> This is a terrific, terrific book to not only read
> yourself as a
> library
> media specialist, but to share with your
> administrators, reading
> coordinators, and classroom teachers. It's the most
> humane (and
> effective)
> look at improving reading abilities in ALL children
> that I have read.
>
> I just ordered copies for each of my school
> libraries and am routing
> my
> personal copy to our curriculum director,
> superintendent, and literacy
> coordinator (with the really good bits already
> highlighted).
>
> All the very best,
>
> Doug
>
>
> Doug Johnson
> Director of Media and Technology
> Mankato Area Public Schools
> Box 8713, 1351 S Riverfront Dr.
> Mankato MN 56001-8714
> 507-387-7698 x 473
> dougj@doug-johnson.com
> www.doug-johnson.com
>
> "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we
> take, but by the
> moments
> that take our breath away." -- George Carlin
>
>
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