@0Beanie05923291 When I interviewed thirty years ago that was a standard question in almost every district. They typically asked professional as well as leisure.
@SterlingSimmon6@mathillustrated I started using the First Six Weeks of School almost 25 years ago. I love how it explicitly teaches routines and provides structure for elementary classrooms!
@sstollar6@smorrisey@CurriculumIP This is the model my district uses. Spring data sets groups to begin right away in September followed by screening to make adjustments and target skills.
@MelK_Ed@karenvaites I am incredibly thankful for the process in my district. We have an ELA Cabinet with teacher reps from all grades & buildings. We took time to look at various programs, eventually did a year long pilot, analyzed data & collectively decided which to adopt
@Suchmo83@GauravDubay3 I agree. Also, students can hopefully borrow books from a school library . My former students always borrowed from my classroom library, too. Talking about the books they read at home was a daily part of classroom conversation.
Does it really make a difference if students read whole books rather than only brief texts & excerpts?
Evidence indicates the answer is "yes." Plus it's a lot more engaging. @DougLemov@karenvaites@HKorbey
See my new piece in American Educator:
https://t.co/0nXmzY4fDX
@smorrisey Perhapsโฆthe programs from the โlittle guysโ do not usually start with mass publication as the goal. For example, Bookworms started as a small project out of University of Delaware looking at SOR and it was made open and free to everyone