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Kids Don't Read Books in School (What, you didn't know?)
Okay, people, I want to tell you something that many of you don't know: kids don't read books in school. They read excerpts of books in state-adopted reading programs. I call this phenomenon Starving on Snacks. Entire books (full meals), read with the whole class, teacher-and-student lead discussion, getting to know characters, studying plot, ...
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Angela Norton Tyler
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December 19, 2008