SUPT. ANNOUNCES APRIL'S BOOKS OF THE MONTH
April 30, 2002
Miami-Dade's
Superintendent of Schools Merrett R. Stierheim today
announced May's Books of the Month, in conjunction with the
school district's successful JUST READ campaign to encourage
reading.
"Our monthly
selections are quality reading materials that young readers
and their families can read throughout the year," said
Stierheim.
Recommended
by the district's reading and media specialists, these
selections are to hone reading skills at various grade
levels. May's selections are:
MAY'S THEME - Author
Study
Kindergarten
- Grade 2
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A Pig is
Big by Douglas Florian
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Grade
3 - Grade 5
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Laugh-eteria:
Poems and Drawings by Douglas
Florian
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Middle
School
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Neighborhood
Odes by Gary Soto
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Senior
High/Adult
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The Invisible
Ladder: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poems
for Young Readers, Liz Rosenberg
(Editor)
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Multilingual
Selection
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Oli Ole, Oli
Ole Powèm Pou Timoun by Locha
Nwèl (Haitian-Creole, Grades 3-5)
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Kindergarten
- Grade 2 Babushka's Mother Goose by Patricia
Polacco
Grade 3 -
Grade 5 Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia
Polacco
Middle
School Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Senior
High/Adult A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J.
Gaines
Multilingual
Selection Los chichos de la maraña by Blanca
Garcia-Valdecasas (Spanish, Middle School)
The Books of
the Month and JUST READ are part of the School Board's
Comprehensive Reading Plan implemented in 1998 to ensure all
students read at grade level by grade 3. Improved student
test scores in reading comprehension prompted the Board to
expand the plan in 2001 for another three years.
May's Books
of the Month, as well as reading tips for students and
parents, can be accessed online at the district's reading
website [www.dade.k12.fl.us/inst/lms/index.htm].
Monthly reading selections are available at school
libraries.
For more
information, call Dr. Alicia G. Moreyra, Administrative
Director, Division of Language Arts/ Reading, at
305-995-1913; Christine Master, Administrative Director,
Division of Library and Media Services, at 305-995-2249; or
Joanne Urrutia, Administrative Director, Division of
Bilingual Education and World Languages, at
305-995-1945.
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APRIL'S
THEME - Poetry
The Books of the Month and JUST READ are part of the School
Board's Comprehensive Reading Plan implemented in 1998 to
ensure all students read at grade level by grade 3.
Recent successes, such as the district's 10-point increase
in the third-grade reading comprehension median percentile
score on the Stanford Achievement Test, prompted the Board
to expand the plan another three years.
April's Books of the Month, as well as reading tips for
students and parents, can be accessed online at the
district's reading website
[www.dade.k12.fl.us/inst/lms/index.htm]. Monthly
reading selections are available at school libraries.
For more information, call Dr. Alicia G. Moreyra,
Administrative Director, Division of Language Arts/ Reading,
at 305-995-1913; Christine Master, Administrative Director,
Division of Library and Media Services, at 305-995-2249; or
Joanne Urrutia, Administrative Director, Division of
Bilingual Education and World Languages, at
305-995-1945.
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02-MV/222/JAM
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