We are a community of readers - Setting the tone for the year
We are back to school. I have always loved the feeling of a fresh start and the possibilities of another school year. I always feel so torn in my position - I wear so many hats and am so many things to different groups of people. I love all aspects of my position but with so many pieces I find it difficult to do things well, where I can truly see their impact on my students. I have decided to make changes this year in my choices of how I spend my time. This is the year of the building of a community of readers. My time and energy will be spent on this goal, working to really make an impact on my students. This year my goal is to engage students in their reading through oral, written, and visual means to foster a love of reading and promote critical and reflective thinking. I want to establish that we are a community of readers at our school so my first task was to reflect this on the walls of the library. Over the summer I had parents send me pictures of their children "caught re...