tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post6612826705802809046..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN by Steve MolineMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-35793436894942308692012-07-10T21:49:10.292-04:002012-07-10T21:49:10.292-04:00Thank you so much for the heads up on this book. ...Thank you so much for the heads up on this book. I am putting it on my "must read" list. :) <br /><br /><a href="http://www.secondgradesugarandspice.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Sugar and Spice</a>Miss DeCarbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076590891881907306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-68720103603507483652012-07-10T09:14:43.868-04:002012-07-10T09:14:43.868-04:00I am obsessed right now with teaching kids to look...I am obsessed right now with teaching kids to look at the whole picture and all the details, not just the text or the one picture that the teacher pointed out. Katie Ray Wood's book In Pictures and In Writing really has helped me see how critical it is to teach kids to focus on each piece and make choices about what we think. I'm thrilled to learn about this book and am going to order it today. Unlike the poster before me, I do not think that reading novels is ever going to be phased out. I think that is a misinterpretation of what you were saying. It seems like this is a book that helps kids stop scanning and being to focus on each piece in order to create the whole intended picture. Thanks so much.<br /><br />✰ Kimberley ✰<br /><a href="http://1stinmaine.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">First in Maine</a>Kimberley Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944774091932084680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-82615144643353278132012-07-10T08:03:18.790-04:002012-07-10T08:03:18.790-04:00I'm not a teacher, so please take the followin...I'm not a teacher, so please take the following with a grain of salt, but I really see the novel/long form reading being phased out as a teaching tool. Reading and writing about books is very much an aquired skill, and sorely lacking in our culture. I was an English major in college (graduated this year), and so was supposedly surrounded by people who'd chosen to study writing out of passion. Even so, it was astonishing how many people would write papers based on a wikipedia summary of the sparknotes of the assigned text, or some similar shortcut. All of which is to say, I think you're doing a great thing by adapting along with the times.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253209255924304882noreply@blogger.com