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I know I’m reading a lot of PD books right now, and they’re all focused around literacy (although next up once I finish one of these is Math Exchanges). I’ve had this one for a while, but only picked it up and started reading it in earnest last night. It’s a quick read with lots of great ideas for the reader’s notebook to pull from. It is making me really consider how I want my students to use their reader’s notebooks this next year — in the best way. I had considered abandoning a paper-and-pencil reader’s notebook in favor of Edmodo or something similar, but really there is nothing out there that will do what I want and need it to. What I’m looking for is basically Goodreads for kids/the classroom. I want students to be able to interact with one another, rate books, form groups, and log their reading while pulling from an Amazon-like database. I want to be able to have a class group and see/let kids network with other students about their reading. That is, for the most part, how I log and reflect on my reading (aside from this Tumblr), and I think it would be a great way to authentically have students monitor and log their own reading in a way that adults actually do. Anyway. Aimee Buckner’s book is fantastic, and if you’re going to be using a reader’s notebook as part of your reader’s workshop this year, I highly recommend checking this book out.

I know I’m reading a lot of PD books right now, and they’re all focused around literacy (although next up once I finish one of these is Math Exchanges).

I’ve had this one for a while, but only picked it up and started reading it in earnest last night. It’s a quick read with lots of great ideas for the reader’s notebook to pull from. It is making me really consider how I want my students to use their reader’s notebooks this next year — in the best way.

I had considered abandoning a paper-and-pencil reader’s notebook in favor of Edmodo or something similar, but really there is nothing out there that will do what I want and need it to. What I’m looking for is basically Goodreads for kids/the classroom. I want students to be able to interact with one another, rate books, form groups, and log their reading while pulling from an Amazon-like database. I want to be able to have a class group and see/let kids network with other students about their reading. That is, for the most part, how I log and reflect on my reading (aside from this Tumblr), and I think it would be a great way to authentically have students monitor and log their own reading in a way that adults actually do.

Anyway. Aimee Buckner’s book is fantastic, and if you’re going to be using a reader’s notebook as part of your reader’s workshop this year, I highly recommend checking this book out.

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  1. eugeniofouz reblogged this from thinkbrit
  2. garnetsandaquarians reblogged this from thinkbrit and added:
    Reblogging to add that her book on writing notebooks, Notebook Know-How is equally fantastic!
  3. vwalker said: You keep posting all things relevant to my teaching life lol. This book is two down in my to-read pile and I’ve been thinking how to have my kids use Goodreads next year. A student version would be so nice!
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