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From: mscherz at maple.k12.wi.us <mscherz>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:17:43 -0500
Nancy said, "Whatever happened to the schools that set aside 20 minutes a day some years ago during which everyone -- custodial staff and all -- read? Whatever happened to the magical times when elementary teachers spent 20 minutes or so a day reading a beloved book to students and talking about it, not as an academic exercise, but as an amazing shared experience?"
Nothing has happened to these practices. They are alive and well. I was an elementary school teacher before recently becoming a school library media specialist. Silent reading time and read aloud time are sacred practices with all of the elementary sch ool teachers that I know. Good teachers know that these practices are vital to a child's development. They know that the time spent enjoying books will not hurt students' performance on standardized tests... in fact, it can even help their performance o n those tests!
Marsha Scherz Library Media Specialist Northwestern High School Maple, WI
----- Original Message ----From: Kaminski Katie Date: Friday, July 16, 2004 10:00 am Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Reading at Risk
Received on Fri 16 Jul 2004 11:17:43 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:17:43 -0500
Nancy said, "Whatever happened to the schools that set aside 20 minutes a day some years ago during which everyone -- custodial staff and all -- read? Whatever happened to the magical times when elementary teachers spent 20 minutes or so a day reading a beloved book to students and talking about it, not as an academic exercise, but as an amazing shared experience?"
Nothing has happened to these practices. They are alive and well. I was an elementary school teacher before recently becoming a school library media specialist. Silent reading time and read aloud time are sacred practices with all of the elementary sch ool teachers that I know. Good teachers know that these practices are vital to a child's development. They know that the time spent enjoying books will not hurt students' performance on standardized tests... in fact, it can even help their performance o n those tests!
Marsha Scherz Library Media Specialist Northwestern High School Maple, WI
----- Original Message ----From: Kaminski Katie Date: Friday, July 16, 2004 10:00 am Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Reading at Risk
Received on Fri 16 Jul 2004 11:17:43 AM CDT
