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Re: AR in the Library
Posted by sb on 2/01/08
My librarian got rid of AR. Her philosophy is that if they are
going to read, they are going to read. Also, she (and I)
believe there is more to reading than books. I have a kid
bring in the newspaper everyday. Not only is he reading, he is
reading current events. I have other students who read manga.
To me, reading is reading. I have no idea if you have any
ability to get rid of the program, but I know a lot of
teachers at AR schools use it as an excuse to grade. Not all,
but they are out there.
On 1/31/08, KY Retired Librarian wrote:
> While I completely disagreed with it, I did not interfere
> when a teacher said AR only. I was not in their classroom
> and it was not my place to speak up about it. However, the
> library IS your classroom and you have the right to make it
> work for you. I had my AR books shelved where they
> belonged. Easys in the easy section. Biography with the
> other biographies, etc. I did however label my AR books
with
> a bright green dot. I wrote the AR level on the dot. It
was
> up to the teacher to let the student know what level to
get.
> I chose only one color dot because it wasn't easy to see
what
> level a child was reading, and therefore a lower level
reader
> was not as likely to be embarrassed. This worked in my
> library, although I know there are many ways to handle it.
>
> I did order AR tests for as many books as my budget would
> allow. I also belonged to one of the test sharing groups
and
> got many tests for free. While I didn't always agree with
> the AR program, I did my best to accomodate the students.
>
>
> On 1/31/08, New Librarian wrote:
>> I'm a new librarian and I have a problem with a teacher who
>> refuses to let her students check out any book that is not
>> AR. She is also angry because I did not order AR tests for
>> any of the new books and I changed the layout of the
>> library (the last librarian had the collection organized
>> according to AR level).
Posts on this thread, including this one
- AR in the Library, 1/31/08, by New Librarian.
- Re: AR in the Library, 1/31/08, by New Librarian.
- Re: AR in the Library, 1/31/08, by Char.
- Re: AR in the Library, 1/31/08, by KY Retired Librarian.
- Re: AR in the Library, 2/01/08, by Chelsea Burkhart.
- Re: AR in the Library, 2/01/08, by sb.
- Re: getting rid of the program, 2/03/08, by KY Retired Librarian .
- Re: our librarian is an AR pusher, 2/03/08, by sasha.
- Re: KY - What is an AR sharing group? nfm, 2/03/08, by JenSue/2.
- Re: KY - What is an AR sharing group? nfm, 2/03/08, by KY Retired Librarian .
- Re: KY - What is an AR sharing group? nfm, 2/04/08, by fran.
- Re: getting rid of the program, 2/06/08, by Tom N.
- Re: thanks - nfm, 2/07/08, by jensue/2.
- Re: AR in the library, 2/12/08, by best of both worlds librarian.
- Re: AR in the library, 3/10/08, by sanwin.
- Re: AR in the Library, 3/19/08, by Dee.
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