Thanks to those writers at Two Writing Teachers, we share parts of our lives on our Tuesday slices. Link up to add your own story.
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have
to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their
imaginations--something that will help them make sense of their own lives and
encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different
from their own.
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 - Katherine Patterson |
It was a good day to remember, and those
of us who are readers and teachers, will remember it and keep reading. Those of us who are writers will smile and be
happy for those who were celebrated with such fanfare today, the day of the ALA
youth media awards. And we will continue
to give book love to all those other books who aren’t going to wear shiny
medals on their covers-so, so many wonderful ones, too!
Our own school Newbery club readers met
for the celebration today, and because we are two hours behind, the awards had
already been announced so we were unable to watch. The archive hadn’t come up
yet. We’ve been meeting at lunch every
couple of weeks since September, and had about ten students at any one time,
but six consistently showing up, and reading at least one book a week, if not
more than one. They are 10 or 11 years
old, and avid readers and book talkers.
We had a wonderful meeting this morning, first announcing our own vote results, then
announcing the Newbery and the Caldecott winners, and later sharing the other
awards too.
