The two chapters we read this past week from Cunningham and Allington's text Classrooms That Work incorporating the importance of reading and writing into all aspects of teaching. Chapter One surprised me because I didn't realize that many schools were favoring reading over social studies and science, two subjects I had always found to be extremely stressed when I was younger. While I personally have never excelled highly in science, I cannot imagine where a child would be without learning about the environment or doing scientific experiments. To combine reading and writing with other subjects, such as science, students are learning to combine subjects to think more critically and explain their thoughts on the scientific method or geography.
I also really liked the idea in Chapter Two to have a few crates of books per classroom and to switch them out every five weeks or so. All of the students have the chance to interact with their friends and look forward to the next few crates of books that will come in. It is important to make sure that books of all types from nonfiction to fiction be provided so that each child can find a book to read and be excited about. Would the teachers all meet together before the school year begins and discuss which books would be in the crates or would they randomly select books of all subjects for the children to read?
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