[...] The "sustained silent reading" was not Cleary's invention, or even based on her own schooldays (though the Wiki article says that she did have problems with reading in the early stages). It was her children who went to schools where it was an established practice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Cleary
Ar an ceathrú lá déag de mí Aibreán, scríobh Ross Clark:
> [...] The "sustained silent reading" was not Cleary's invention, or even
> based on her own schooldays (though the Wiki article says that she did have
> problems with reading in the early stages). It was her children who went to
> schools where it was an established practice.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Cleary
I would have loved this, if I had free rein to read whatever I wanted. I would
be very very surprised if that were the case wherever this is implemented currently (e.g. I remember a family friend wondering if the Godfather was age-appropriate for me at 13 or so; my parents had no issue with this (they likely understood I was already reading far beyond the age-directed reading material) but I am certain your average teacher of pupils of that age would have.)
Sorry, I guess it's too late for you to do this now. I am trying to
catch up....
It's the birthday of Beverly Cleary (1916-2021), a very popular (and long-lived!)
American author of children's books.
She wrote a series of books about a little girl named Ramona Quimby,
and in one of them (published 1981), when Ramona is 8 years old, her
teacher says to the class:
"...every day after lunch we are going to sit at our desks and read
silently to ourselves any book we choose in the library."
And they didn't have to write a report on it!
The teacher called this "Drop Everything and Read" (DEAR).
The "sustained silent reading" was not Cleary's invention, or even
based on her own schooldays (though the Wiki article says that she did
have problems with reading in the early stages). It was her children
who went to schools where it was an established practice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Cleary
Sorry, I guess it's too late for you to do this now. I am trying to
catch up....
It's the birthday of Beverly Cleary (1916-2021), a very popular (and long-lived!) American author of children's books.
She wrote a series of books about a little girl named Ramona Quimby, and
in one of them (published 1981), when Ramona is 8 years old, her teacher
says to the class:
"...every day after lunch we are going to sit at our desks and read
silently to ourselves any book we choose in the library."
And they didn't have to write a report on it!
The teacher called this "Drop Everything and Read" (DEAR).
It's the birthday of Beverly Cleary (1916-2021), a very popular (and
long-lived!)
104, but not far off 105! I can't think of anyone else who lived that
long and is famous for something other than longevity.
On 2024-04-16, Athel Cornish-Bowden <[email protected]> wrote:
It's the birthday of Beverly Cleary (1916-2021), a very popular (and
long-lived!)
104, but not far off 105! I can't think of anyone else who lived that
long and is famous for something other than longevity.
Johannes Heesters (1903-2011). Stage actor for 90 years, 87 in
front of cameras.
On 2024-04-16, Athel Cornish-Bowden <[email protected]> wrote:
It's the birthday of Beverly Cleary (1916-2021), a very popular (and
long-lived!)
104, but not far off 105! I can't think of anyone else who lived that
long and is famous for something other than longevity.
Johannes Heesters (1903-2011). Stage actor for 90 years, 87 in
front of cameras.
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