Re: [LM_NET] Share NY Times Article

[debra evetts <debra.evetts@ATT.NET>]

The students that are referred to in the New York Times  are not the students that 
I use AR with at my school.  The students that devour books always have more than 
enough books read.  Most of the time they are the students that are requesting 
books  they know are coming out next week.  These students want to make sure I have 
a trip to Books A Million in my plans because they want the book the day it comes 
out.
 
The students  I use with AR are the ones that read a book and can't pass the test, 
or don't read a book, or just say they hate to read.  That is when I run reports 
and mark my rolls so when they come into the library I can have an educated 
guess at what their reading level is and where to start.  We will start with what 
they are interested in, what type of print they like, or even books on tape, cd, or 
play-aways, that have the book with them to follow along.  Through the years our 
school has seen improvement in the amount of reading, quality of the books read, 
and improved comprehension and vocabulary.  
 
Our school does require points and I do have rewards for points, but in the library 
the students know we are about the love of reading, the love of books, and the 
thrill of the new book the day it comes out.  We have been in school three weeks, I 
have six-hundred students and twenty copies of the twilight series and a two page 
waiting list.  The students have marked on my calender the days new books are 
coming out.  We are rocking.
This year I lost my aide due to budget cuts, and my administration is more like a 
dictatorship, but I am the weather in the library. 
 
Debra Evetts
Librarian
Greenbrier Middle School
Greenbrier, TN
debra.evetts@att.net    

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