The stress on summer reading continues to be about getting kids reading and letting them pick the books
Mulqueen wants to change his own item "to include some more rigor in the item...something more substantive, something more complex"
"something around college or career...more complex items"
Monfredo wants to up the number of books required to five, wants to have a summer reading launch, also he wants summer math work suggestions
Mulqueen thinks "everyone doesn't have to read War and Peace to read"
Mr. O'Connell is suggesting the additions of Dickens, Twain, Melville, Wharton, and Homer to the list.
Miss Biancheria wants to see what is done in September and October...how is it brought back around? Summary of what is expected, how those books are brought back in the next year
Ms. Delsignore says don't we already have that in place, where teachers have to tell principals how they are assessing the summer reading? The children do projects on the books that they've read, which is reported to the principals.
Maybe something on the brochure?
Huge dilemna on the teacher's part from children that don't have family support, says another teacher
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what a walk through the Great Books of the Western World and other literary giants! Alot of these authors were named specifically in the subcomittees' motion. At the last minute O'Connell tried to add Fitzgerald, mentioned Faulkner, and Dr. Mulqueen even name-checked Hobbes.
could the library catalog technology be adapted to track the children's summer reading and give the family a list at the end of the summer? Could the child receive a reminder message when they check out a book as to their progress?
Could a group use some space at the library towards the end of teh summer to host workshops where kids could drop in to work on their projects, for instance these were last years projects
Picnic Lunch - Create a sandwich model of the most important parts of your book. Use a
separate sheet of paper for each sandwich layer. On the top slice write the title, the author and
your name. On the lettuce write a brief summary of the book . Write about the main character
on the tomato slice. On the mayonnaise, describe the book’s setting. Tell about the book’s
climax on the Swiss cheese. On the ham slice, describe the plot. On the bottom slice, draw
your favorite scene from the story.
Tell me a Story - Write a paragraph summarizing the book you read. Include the title, author,
main characters, setting, problem, and solution. You may write this paragraph in a journal.
In the News - Create the front page of a newspaper that tells about events and characters in
the book you just read. The title of the newspaper should be something appropriate to the
book. In your articles answer the questions: “Who?” , “What?”, “Where?”, When?”.
there was also a postcard
T, the workshop idea is a good one. I'm always impressed at how much the librarians at the Children's Desk help kids with these projects (I know one year they even had sample postcards, because not every child had seen one).
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