From: Ruth I. Gordon <Druthgo>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:58:35 -0800

Am I somehow in a time warp? We (that is, some of us) always pushed a daily reading to a group. As a school librarian, I always
'SUGGESTED' that time after lunch period be set aside for two purposes: (1) reading aloud (2) silent reading throughout the school-- no matter the rank, title, grade, of personnel. That meant that the librarian (if we were lucky enough to have one), the secretary, the nurse (if we were lucky enough to have one), the cooks, the teachers, etc., etc. ALL read.

Sometimes it took a bit of time to have the policy instituted--but it was a healthy activity and may have even paid off. Sometimes the librarian really needed to push it. You can bet that this librarian did.

Then again--who knows???

Surely these old-fashioned activities have not gone out of style. Surely??? (Then again, with the No Child Left With a Behind Act, perhaps these daily events are squeezed from the classrooms.)

Big Grandma
Received on Tue 26 Feb 2008 11:58:35 PM CST