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Extensive practice
provides the
opportunity for
students to
consolidate the skills
and strategies
teachers often work
so hard to develop.
Knowing the Resources
What Matters to
Adolescent
Learners?
“I believe our professional
efforts in discovering and
embracing what matters will
fall into three broad areas:
knowing adolescents,
knowing the resources, and
knowing the research.”
Janet Allen, “Choosing What Matters
for Adolescent Learners”
Reading Volume of Fifth-Grader
Students of Different Levels of
Achievement
Achievement
Percentile
Minutes of
Reading per
Day
Words per
Year
90th
40.4
2,357,000
50th
12.9
601,000
10th
1.6
51,000
Adapted from Anderson, Wilson, and Fielding, 1988
NAEP Reading Report Card for the Nation U. S. Department of Edu., 1999 available at
http:nces.ed.gov/naep
Harvey Daniels and Steven Zemelman in
Subjects Matter suggest these thoughts as
teachers and students look at booklists.
• Content that is important or engaging
• People we can care about
• A narrative structure or chronological line
• Places we can visualize
• Danger, conflicts, risks, or choices
• Value, moral, ethical or political dimensions
• Some ideas that reasonable people can debate, dispute, or
disagree about
Some Favorite Web Sites
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists
http://www.dawcl.com
http://www.teenreads.com
http://www.kidsreads.com