required reading
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In a message dated 2/26/03 3:51:43 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< (And now I
finally remember that Florida is the sunshine state >>
Thanks for reminding me...it's raining cats and dogs right now. That makes
the third time in the last week that I've gotten SOAKED going to my car, like
a shower. The pond is very, very full and lots of muddy spots in the woods to
muck about in.
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
[email protected] writes:
<< (And now I
finally remember that Florida is the sunshine state >>
Thanks for reminding me...it's raining cats and dogs right now. That makes
the third time in the last week that I've gotten SOAKED going to my car, like
a shower. The pond is very, very full and lots of muddy spots in the woods to
muck about in.
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Over the years, most of my oldest (18yo always unschooled) daughter's friends
have been schooled. So she's learned a lot about what school looks like from
the outside. When she occasionally decided to put herself on a "school
schedule", something resembling SSR was usually included, and was often the
reason she decided to drop her schedule - because she started to hate picking
up a good book knowing she was going to have to put it down again in half an
hour and go on to something else.
Over the years too she took notice of the attitudes her friends developed
toward books and reading. At 16 she recommended a novel to a friend, to be
told "I don't have to read that, so I won't". At 17 another friend, a
National Honor Society member, asked her to go to the library to help pick
out a book. The friend said she hadn't read anything all summer and so wanted
to assign herself something to get back into reading. When asked what authors
she'd enjoyed before, what types of stories she might like, her friend
replied "Oh, I don't know. Just make sure it's at least 700 pages." Melissa
was absolutely astonished that anyone would pick a book by weight. These were
just a few of the most memorable examples.
SSR isn't a particularly new concept. It was popular in my oldest son's
schools in the 80's. At least there the teachers really did work at making
sure the kids had things to read of their own choice, without restrictions.
They could bring in magazines, comics, books, whatever they wanted, as long
as they had something to read. And everybody read. When the bell went off,
every single person in the school picked up something and sat down to read
it. The principal read, the janitors read, the teachers read. It wasn't just
something being done to the kids.
Deborah in IL
have been schooled. So she's learned a lot about what school looks like from
the outside. When she occasionally decided to put herself on a "school
schedule", something resembling SSR was usually included, and was often the
reason she decided to drop her schedule - because she started to hate picking
up a good book knowing she was going to have to put it down again in half an
hour and go on to something else.
Over the years too she took notice of the attitudes her friends developed
toward books and reading. At 16 she recommended a novel to a friend, to be
told "I don't have to read that, so I won't". At 17 another friend, a
National Honor Society member, asked her to go to the library to help pick
out a book. The friend said she hadn't read anything all summer and so wanted
to assign herself something to get back into reading. When asked what authors
she'd enjoyed before, what types of stories she might like, her friend
replied "Oh, I don't know. Just make sure it's at least 700 pages." Melissa
was absolutely astonished that anyone would pick a book by weight. These were
just a few of the most memorable examples.
SSR isn't a particularly new concept. It was popular in my oldest son's
schools in the 80's. At least there the teachers really did work at making
sure the kids had things to read of their own choice, without restrictions.
They could bring in magazines, comics, books, whatever they wanted, as long
as they had something to read. And everybody read. When the bell went off,
every single person in the school picked up something and sat down to read
it. The principal read, the janitors read, the teachers read. It wasn't just
something being done to the kids.
Deborah in IL
nellebelle
We had 217% of our normal rainfall here in January. I thought I'd moved
back to the green side of the Evergreen State by mistake!
Mary Ellen
----- snip----- > Thanks for reminding me...it's raining cats and dogs right
now. That makes
back to the green side of the Evergreen State by mistake!
Mary Ellen
----- snip----- > Thanks for reminding me...it's raining cats and dogs right
now. That makes
> the third time in the last week that I've gotten SOAKED going to my car,like
> a shower. The pond is very, very full and lots of muddy spots in the woodsto
> muck about in.