Re: Change perception ((LINDA)) Two books per term question

Cybrary Man

Posted on 5/26/09

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I tried emailing you but it was blocked on several of my email
addresses:

I feel that the minimum should definitely be two books per
term. It is hard to believe that there is no standard set by
your administration. You might want to consider extra credit
for reading more books above the required number each term. You
could also try three books for the first term and see how that
works out.

I would love to see more assigned per term but you have to
realize that there are other factors to consider. Such factors
as: the length of the book, the level of the book, the
competing after school activities of the children (sports,
dance, drama, art, etc). Unfortunately not all children love to
read as there are too many competing things in their lives (cell
phones, computers, Xboxes, television, etc). I wish all
children were like my eldest granddaughter (age 9) who is a
voracious reader.

I would suggest developing a list of suggested books covering
non fiction, fiction, and biography) that the children could
read. I would suggest coordinating this with the school
librarian. This list should be given not only to the school
librarian but the public library (I used to serve on a town’s
library board and I worked with developing a better system of
communication between the schools and the public library).

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