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Re: book study in schools
Posted by Nancy on 5/24/08
On 4/30/08, Heather wrote:
> We have completed three book studies in a year and a half.
> The effect has been amazing! The largest impact has been
> our elementary teaching staff as a community. We have
> really gotten to know each other as teachers and as
> friends. You will see teachers more apt to share their
> ideas and questions about what they are teaching.
> My position is an AIS teacher half day and the other half I
> assist the curriculum coordinator on improving literacy in
> the elementary grades. I do not have a specific title, but
> it is similar to a reading coach.
> Our book studies have mainly been literacy based. The first
> book we read was: Strategies that Work by Harvey and
> Goudvis. Most of us were familiar with the work of Debbie
> Miller and wanted more information about how to build
> reading comprehension, so we felt this was a good next
> step. Our second book study was about writer's workshop.
> We combined two books because we had K-6 teachers and we
> wanted books that were appropriate to everyone's grade
> level. The books we used were In the Middle by Nancie
> Atwell and Growing Readers by Katy Collins. Our third book
> study was The Daily 5 by Moser and her sister. (her name is
> escaping me right now)
> Our third book study was our best book study yet! I think
> we have grown as a group and people are more comfortable
> sharing. Again, we built a supporting community of teachers.
> Our book studies generally ran 1hr 45 min. We would spend
> the first hour discussing the chapter we read and reviewing
> the important topics. If we had any video clips or study
> guide questions, we would go over those. During this first
> hour we would also share any AH-HA moments. These moments
> were moments that had occured over the last week when the
> teacher or student realized something new. Often these were
> funny and insightful. After the first hour, we would take a
> break. We always followed the break by sharing "funny
> teacher stories", as we called it. Someone always had
> something funny that happened in their room in the past
> week. This was a time that we all looked forward to each
> week...it also helped get people back in time, because you
> did not want to miss the funny story. For the last 30min.
> or more I would introduce a new lesson idea. I would always
> look for ideas that related to the past week's reading that
> teachers could turn around and use the following day.
> Usually the next week, we would see if anyone used this
> lesson or idea with their students and share how it went.
> I would gladly share any information about our book studies,
> because I feel they are such an asset to the teaching
> community.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- book study in schools, 4/29/08, by Bess Keller, reporter, Education Week.
- Re: book study in schools, 4/30/08, by Heather.
- Re: book study in schools, 5/01/08, by Bess Keller, reporter, Education Week.
- Re: book study in schools, 5/06/08, by Laurie.
- Re: book study in schools, 5/06/08, by Bess Keller.
- Re: book study in schools, 5/06/08, by Bess Keller.
- Re: book study in schools, 5/24/08, by Nancy.
- Re: book study in schools, 5/24/08, by Nancy.
- Re: book study in schools, 6/19/08, by primary teacher.
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