http://tweenteacher.com/2009/03/01/the-importance-of-the-classroom-library/ Heather Wolpert-Gawron Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:35:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://tweenteacher.com/2009/03/01/the-importance-of-the-classroom-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3118 tweenteacher.com » Literacy, A Print-Rich Environment, and No Reading Logs Allowed Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:01:22 +0000 http://tweenteacher.com/?p=260#comment-3118 [...] written about my classroom library in the past, but I also wanted to let you know about the start-of-the-year activities that [...] [...] written about my classroom library in the past, but I also wanted to let you know about the start-of-the-year activities that [...]

]]> http://tweenteacher.com/2009/03/01/the-importance-of-the-classroom-library/comment-page-1/#comment-2160 tweenteacher.com » How to Start and Finance Your Classroom Library Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:53:11 +0000 http://tweenteacher.com/?p=260#comment-2160 [...] still continues.  That’s where the classroom library comes in.  (See my previous post here.) In fact, I consider it so important for every teacher to have one that I added it as an entire [...] [...] still continues.  That’s where the classroom library comes in.  (See my previous post here.) In fact, I consider it so important for every teacher to have one that I added it as an entire [...]

]]> http://tweenteacher.com/2009/03/01/the-importance-of-the-classroom-library/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 Tweenteacher Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:51:24 +0000 http://tweenteacher.com/?p=260#comment-2059 SamTheTweenster, Thanks for your comments. Don't be too hard on your teachers. Clearly, I agree that it's a priority and I've seen what happens to the classroom when the room is bathed in the light of free reading, but teachers sometimes have to choose the battles that mean the most to them. Building the classroom library takes money and years. Don't be too hard on them if they've put their efforts elsewhere. However, having having worked in the Dublin area, and having worked with Pleasanton teachers in the past, I find it a shame to hear that their shelves aren't chocked full of the lit you eagerly crave. Seek out the opinions of adults who can really point you in the the right direction re: literature. And don't discount the tween lit. After all, Skulduggery Pleasant is a great book, even if it isn't a classic. Nice talking lit with you. -Tweenteacher SamTheTweenster,
Thanks for your comments. Don’t be too hard on your teachers. Clearly, I agree that it’s a priority and I’ve seen what happens to the classroom when the room is bathed in the light of free reading, but teachers sometimes have to choose the battles that mean the most to them. Building the classroom library takes money and years. Don’t be too hard on them if they’ve put their efforts elsewhere. However, having having worked in the Dublin area, and having worked with Pleasanton teachers in the past, I find it a shame to hear that their shelves aren’t chocked full of the lit you eagerly crave. Seek out the opinions of adults who can really point you in the the right direction re: literature. And don’t discount the tween lit. After all, Skulduggery Pleasant is a great book, even if it isn’t a classic.
Nice talking lit with you.
-Tweenteacher

]]> http://tweenteacher.com/2009/03/01/the-importance-of-the-classroom-library/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 SamTheTweenster Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:33:58 +0000 http://tweenteacher.com/?p=260#comment-2058 As an eighth grade student myself, I appreciate when my teachers have at least one shelf of books from, whether they be books about tree monkeys or an interesting book about an alien astronaut. My teachers always used to have a small selection of books to choose from for SSR/independent reading. Once I entered middle school (in Pleasanton, CA) my teacher's had no books to choose from. Usually when I ask them they respond that we should bring our own books and that it is too expensive for them to buy us all a book. I agree that we should bring a book to school, but they could be a little more encouraging towards reading. Of course I mean other than the occasional independent reading that my teacher has us perform as an "opening activity" which only happens once in a blue moon. As an eighth grade student myself, I appreciate when my teachers have at least one shelf of books from, whether they be books about tree monkeys or an interesting book about an alien astronaut. My teachers always used to have a small selection of books to choose from for SSR/independent reading. Once I entered middle school (in Pleasanton, CA) my teacher’s had no books to choose from. Usually when I ask them they respond that we should bring our own books and that it is too expensive for them to buy us all a book. I agree that we should bring a book to school, but they could be a little more encouraging towards reading. Of course I mean other than the occasional independent reading that my teacher has us perform as an “opening activity” which only happens once in a blue moon.

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