Many people these days talk about school curriculum and how it "ties teacher's hands." I have to say, I don't really mind the reading curriculum and think that it breaks down reading skills quite well. I have been pretty faithful to my reading curriculum and have simply just had to add my own flair to it.
The one thing reading curriculum simply can't provide is that love of reading a book that I developed in elementary school. I reflected on that a bit and decided that it was time to introduce REAL books (you know ones that are longer than a few pages and have storylines that suck you in) to the Class of 2021.
I went to the library and found that there are shelves and shelves of untouched, wonderful class sets of books.
I chose three books -- one for each of my leveled groups -- and marched back to class with them. My students were SO excited by the new books that were "just for them." I can't wait to let them dive into these literary delights. There is nothing like curling up with a book under your desk or in the bean bag chair...I hope they learn to love it as much as I do.
Our first books:
The Twits
Pigs Might Fly
Farewell to Manzanar
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