I love to ask adults what their reading level is. Of course, every
teacher here would have a college reading level. I guess they should
not read John Grisham, Tom Clancy or any other book that is not a
college text book.
Becky Mosbacher
Teacher/Librarian
Hellgate Middle School
2385 Flynn Lane
Missoula, MT 59808
bmosbacher@hellgate.k12.mt.us
406-721-2452
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Cathy S. Hainstock
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 4:45 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Target: (Elem) Teachers restricting books
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The rights issue is a weak one in schools, unfortunately. However, kids
should be able to make their own reading choices because they are the
ones doing the reading. A child checking out books far above their
abilities will eventually tire of this and move to books they can read.
And what do they do when they leave the school and the rest of the world
is organized by AR colors?
Bob Koreis
Librarian
Hockinson High School
bob.koreis@hock.k12.wa.us
<snip>
I am so tired of teachers coming into the library and telling students
that they cannot check out certain books because they are not on their
reading level according to one test that was given. Am I wrong or is
this censorship? My principal is strongly for AR and is big on students
reading only books in their ZPD. What can I say to her to convince her
that students need to be free in the library to make their own choices
of what to read and that we are infringing on their rights?
Janet L. McCoy, LMS
McAuliffe Elementary, Tulsa, OK
mccoymedia@yahoo.com
Hi All,
I'm fairly new to this list-serv but thought those of you experiencing
restriction requests from staff might be interested in a book called
"The Rights of the Reader" by Daniel Pennac. The quote on the inside
cover is ... "You can't make someone read. Just like you can't make them
fall in love, or dream ...". In this book Pennac defends the right to
read for pleasure, the power of the story and how we learn to read (what
helps and what gets in the way). You can also find a small poster (free
to download) of Pennac's Rights of the Reader at
http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/Downloads/The-Rights-of-the-Reader-poster
Sometimes people worry so much about 'filling the bucket' that they
forget to 'light the fire'. Hope this book is of some help.
Cheers,
Cathy Hainstock
Teacher-in-the-library
Village School Primary
Croydon North, Victoria
Australia
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