Summertime... and the reading is easy. Blatant rip off from Porgy and Bess, but it truly fits. The weather is finally cooperating in Chicago and I have had the opportunity for a bit of R & R. Although at this point of my vacation, I only have 2 blissful weeks remaining. It's time to start concentrating on Young Adult novels that I plan to bring back to my classroom.
My goal for this school year is to create an entire classroom of readers. Some of my students will come to me as readers, others will fight me kicking and screaming. However, by the end of the year I want all of my students to LOVE reading! To that end, I'm going to try and share a new book each week, and celebrate a different author each month. I'm also going to allow students to have time to JUST read -- no strings attached -- free reading!
I'd love for kids to keep a running list of books and authors that they've read throughout the year. In this way, students will begin to see what they like and what they don't, and I'll be better able to make recommendations. Reading is such a vital skill that I truly hope I can begin to create, or rejuvenate the love of reading for the 60 eighth graders I'll be lucky enough to teach throughout the 2010 - 2011 school year!
76. The Night Journey by Kathryn Lasky
77. Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse #5) by Charlaine Harris
78. The Flag with Fifty-Six Stars: A Gift from the Survivors of Mauthausen by Susan Goldman Rubin and Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth
79. The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin by Susan Goldman Rubin and Ela Weissberger
80. Memories of Survival by Esther Niesenthal Krinitz and Bernice Steinhardt
81. We Remember the Holocaust by David A. Adler
82. After the Holocaust by Howard Greenfeld
83. Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #6) by Charlaine Harris
84. Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
85. Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali by Kris Holloway
86. All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #7) by Charlaine Harris
87. From Dead To Worse (Sookie Stackhouse #8) by Charlaine Harris
88. Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse #9) by Charlaine Harris
89. Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10) by Charlaine Harris
90. The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
About Me
- Kristin_G
- I've always loved reading. I was the kid who would chose sitting inside on a warm summer day reading, instead of playing outside. Sending me to my room as punishment would backfire -- all of my books were in my room! I needed a job where I would be required to read. I've been teaching middle school students since 1996. Depending on who you talk to that either makes me a saint or insane. I'm currently teaching 8th grade Language Arts, Literature and Algebra. Quite a combination and one you don't see too often. Unfortunately, life has gotten in the way of reading. 2010 is going to change that! My husband and I met in a chat room in 1998. We've been married since 2005 and have a beautiful daughter, Amelia, who was born in 2007. The three of us, our many, many books and our menagerie of animals (5 cats, 2 gerbils and an assortment of fish) live quite happily in the suburbs of Chicago.
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