From: James Elliott <j_c_elliott>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:07:45 -0500

Excellent point, Ellen. In fact, I used this same technique with my son, who has a very short attention span, and has to work for short term memory improvement.

By finding topics he was interested in, such as legos, or bionicles, or pirates, and seeking out series books that featured these topics in shorter stories, he's made remarkable improvement.

When my wife tried to get him to read the "Little House Books" (we're talking an age span from when he was seven to now ten), it didn't work, and I saw why immediately, even though she didn't. This was one of the few battles I won with her! and it worked, too.

James Elliott Gadsden County Public Library System 341 E. Jefferson Street Quincy, FL. 32351-2531



>From: "Ellen Finan" <finane at wtcpl.lib.oh.us>
>To: <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
>Subject: [CCBC-Net] Series books
>Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:00:58 -0500
>
>I wanted to point out that reading teachers are encouraged to use series
>books to increase comprehension and aid fluency. In her books " Beyond
>Leveled Books" (2001, Stenhouse) and "Still Learning to Read" (2003,
>Stenhouse) Franki Sibberson details specific ways to use series such as
>"Henry and Mudge" by Cynthia Rylant in the classroom. Series books are a
>boon to transitional readers, increasing their confidence as they try out
>their new skills. Anyone who was an avid reader as a child knows this to
>be true, but I found these books interesting since they made the case for
>series in the educational setting.
>
>Ellen Finan
>Warren-Trumbull County Public Library
>Warren, Ohio
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