Reading programs unite Ridgewood communities
DECEMBER 2, 2015 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015, 10:11 AM
BY MATTHEW SCHNEIDER
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Two book-related programs have been taking place at village schools recently, as explained at recent Board of Education (BOE) meetings.
The programs, “All School Read-Aloud” and “One School, One Book,” are intended to increase reading among students while also exposing them to literature they may not have otherwise chosen.
All School Read-Aloud
The “All School Read-Aloud” program, which was explained at the Nov. 2 BOE meeting, brings Travell School students together for an assembly, where a story is read aloud to them while the book pages are displayed by projector screen.
After the assembly, the children return to their classes, and often have the book re-read to them by their teachers to keep its message in mind, Travell School Principal Margaret Leininger explained.
“The Travell Home and School has been really great to us,” she said. “They have purchased one book for every classroom so that the teachers go back, reread and discuss them.”
The books, which are carefully selected by staff, have their own sets of queries, adding to the discussion.
“Some of these books are really great because in the back, they have questions that the teachers can ask the kids later,” Leininger said.
Leininger also adds in her own questions and thoughts for the students and teachers to discuss.
“I generally try to put out a little blurb with each book, giving the teachers some questions and ideas of things they can talk about, while making sure they visualize things and create a detailed, vivid image,” she said, adding that she asks students what they learned from the second reading of the book in addition to asking what ideas they think each story contains.
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