Hi Laura.
The Giver - if it's not on a reading list already
The World as we Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Carla Boyington
Librarian
Rockingham School District
Central Elementary School and Saxtons River Elementary School
50 School Street Ext.
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
cboying@wnesu.net
802.463.4346
802.463.0131
Laura MacArthur <lmacarthur@AHACADEMY.COM> writes:
>I have a 7th grade teacher asking for some recommendations. Our middle
>schoolers are asked to read one required title and then selections from a
>recommended list, and the teacher is trying to decide what that required
>read should be. I'd appreciate hearing either what your rising 7ths are
>being asked to read, OR what you yourself think would be a good
>grade-wide required read. I'll post a HIT shortly!
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Laura C. MacArthur, Ed.S.
>Media Specialist
>American Heritage Academy
>2126 Sixes Rd.
>Canton, GA 30114
>lmacarthur@ahacademy.com<mailto:lmacarthur@ahacademy.com>
>770-926-7779 x114
>
>Do your local schools have certified school librarians ?
>
>"As a former executive officer at a company that had 1,200 employees in
>29 countries worldwide, I know that without adequate media literacy
>training, kids will not succeed in a 21st-century workplace. ... Without
>a dedicated guide, they end up, in the words of professor Henry Jenkins,
>as 'feral children of the Internet raised by the Web 2.0 wolves.'" ~ Mark
>Moran, "Young Learners Need Librarians, Not Just Google", Forbes
>magazine, March 2010,
>http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/22/moran-librarian-skills-intelligent-investing-google.html
>
>"It is more than ironic that school districts are willing to spend
>hundreds of thousands of dollars on reading programs and staff
>development which *have had limited success* in boosting test scores, but
>are unwilling to invest in school library programs that show direct
>correlations to student success." ~ Douglas Achterman, 2008 Study of
>California School Libraries http://www.lrs.org/impact.php
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
> You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings
by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book.
To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the message write EITHER:
1) SIGNOFF LM_NET
2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
3) SET LM_NET MAIL
4) SET LM_NET DIGEST
* LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/
* LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
* EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html
* LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/
* LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/
--------------------------------------------------------------------
LM_NET
Mailing List Home