Wednesday, October 3, 2012

This book is so...

This bulletin board presents a super big problem.  Can you figure out what it is?  Our students love to read, but if this bulletin board is any indication of what they are reading, then it isn't non-fiction that they love.  So, why is that a problem?  Supposedly, over 85% of what we read as adults in non-fiction, which means our kids need to be reading more non-fiction/information texts.
I love to read. I love to read fiction.  Before I had kids, I would spend hours lost in the pages of a book.  I would spend hours lost in the pages of my favorite novels, visiting places and spaces I would have never known otherwise, but my  life does not depend on how well I understand fiction. It depends on how well I can decode, analyze,synthesize,  evaluate, and use information.  Think about it...when you need to understand the world around  you, what do you consult? What are you reading right now? 
What can I do in my job to make this bulletin board more balanced?  What can I do to encourage students at Dickson to read more non-fiction/information texts/  I have some ideas, stay tuned....

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