Entries by Jim McCabe

Asleep at the Wheel: The New York Times and Classroom Libraries

When will the New York Times begin to care about what is happening in American classrooms? For example, parents might find it useful to know if classrooms have an adequate number of books. At one point, the New York Times discovered that classroom libraries mattered. Classroom libraries influenced students’ ability to read, but there has […]

Why Reading Volume Matters: Read Anne E. Cunningham and Keith E. Stanovich

See an excellent article titled “What Reading Does for the Mind” that could be used in professional development, or to help convince a school board that the volume of reading  should matter in secondary schools. Online at https://scholastic.vo.llnwd.net/o16/teacherdashboard/live/c13_s2_t1_pa3.pdf or https://www.aft.org/ae/springsummer1998/cunningham_stanovich or https://ebooksforstudents.org/whatreadingdoesforthemind/ in case one of the earlier sites disappears.  

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Convince your staff that the volume of reading matters.

Ask teachers if print exposure can make students smarter. Consider the ideas of Keith Stanovich at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF6VKmMVWEc If they agree with Stanovich, where will more print exposure come from? Will students reading below grade level enjoy World History textbook paragraphs about people of the river in Mesopotamia, or do they need something more engaging? Share […]

Adding Files to your Kindle

To add a mobi file to your Kindle for PC software to read the chapters on your computer, see instructions at http://tinyurl.com/y8gsazq. To add a mobi file to your Kindle ereader or tablet, see instructions at http://tinyurl.com/c4xduhn. The Kindle Personal Document Service allows teachers, or librarians to send a mobi file to up to 15 student Kindle […]