A Whole-School "Read" Creates a Reading Community

Autor/inn/en	Wilson, Jennifer; Jewett, Pamela; Vanderburg, Michelle
Titel	A Whole-School "Read" Creates a Reading Community
Quelle	In: Middle School Journal, 40 (2008) 1, S.4-11 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-0771
Schlagwörter	Learning Resources Centers; Media Specialists; Middle School Students; Middle School Teachers; English Teachers; Language Arts; Books; Reading Programs; Literacy; Reading Instruction; Educational Facilities Improvement; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning resources centres; Lehrmittelzentrum; Mediengestalter; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; English language lessons; Englischunterricht; Sprachkultur; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Leseunterricht
Abstract	Students and teachers at Hand Middle School in Columbia, South Carolina, were in the midst of a two-year, comprehensive renovation and construction project in which some sections of their 75-year-old, historic building were being renovated and new sections added. When parts of the school were boarded up and oversized machinery first moved onto campus, approximately half of the students moved into portables. Classrooms and other academic areas were closed, including the school's media center, which would be unavailable to students while the space for a new, larger media center was being prepared. Amidst the clang of machinery, the buzz of saws, the shouts of workmen, and the high whine of drills, the media specialist, the literacy coach, and a seventh grade English/language arts teacher collaborated to develop a plan that would offset the closing of the media center for a year and would keep books in the hands of students. In this unlikely setting, they created a kind of literary ecosystem in which equilibrium between the community of construction and the community of learning was maintained, creating a balance between bedlam and books, between renovations and reading. Together, these three teachers framed a rich environment where students could talk about books, create art work, craft dramatic productions, write reflections about their experiences, and grow deep community roots. This article recounts the innovative way the school community chose to face potential challenges to their physical environment and to their academic lives and, through a whole-school "read," influence teachers' practices, students' learning, and the involvement of the larger school community. (Contains 4 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10