It’s Launch Week! I’m here to celebrate a new blog, Unleashing
Readers, created by Kellee Moye and Ricki Ginsberg. They have such great plans for us readers: to have a varied literature focus,
helping teachers find books for specific purposes in the classroom. As the blog adds information, it will be easy
to search for exact needs, to find helpful ideas for a variety of goals. Today, I’m going to add my thoughts in the
categories Unleashing Readers will share
with their readers in the future. One
thing you need to know is that I taught gifted middle school students in a mixed classroom of 11 to 14 year olds. I now
am the literacy coach in the school, but today will focus only on my experience
with the middle-schoolers.
Since we’re
doing favorites today, I’ll also share a favorite reading quote:
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind
of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
~
Anna Quindlen