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Re: Salk Staff Book Club

Based on the responses I got, I am going to suggest that we meet on Friday, Dec. 12th at 3:15 PM to discuss The Book Thief.  Since it's a pre-happy hour get-together I'm going to suggest we meet at Copper Door, which is just a block or two south of Push Cafe.  If you were planning to attend but can't make this date/time, please let me know ASAP so we can come up with something that works for the most people.

Pauline

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Pauline David <pauline.david@gmail.com> wrote:

O.K., time for true confessions... not only did I fail to set a date for the next book club meeting, I also failed to notice that November is already almost halfway over!

I'd love to know who is interested in joining for a discussion of The Book Thief, and then to find out from those people what time frame and dates work best for you.  We were originally talking about meeting shortly after Thanksgiving... and Cherith suggested that maybe we could meet early on a Friday, sort of as an early happy hour.  If you're interested in being a part of this next book club discussion, please weigh in on these ideas.  I'd love to choose a date before we leave for Thanksgiving.

Thanks!!

Pauline

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Pauline David <pauline.david@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you to Jake, Jenna, Cherith, Sonia, and Jennifer for participating in Thursday's discussion about The Students are Watching by Ted and Nancy Sizer.  We had an interesting discussion about some of the ideas raised in the book, such as: what are the limitations of blanket statements like, "Don't shove in the hallway," and how might more nuanced discussions help us get students to really think about their actions and make constructive choices?  We also talked about the importance of having conversations as a staff, because it's important that we make the time and space for these nuanced discussions together if we are going to have them with the students. 

Building on that idea: I know there were several people who initially intended to come to book club but ended up feeling too overwhelmed to attend.  I apologize for not changing the date when it turned out we were scheduling book club for the day after Curriculum Night.  I want to encourage people who are interested in attending book club to let me know in the future if the choice of date is a problem -- the date is always flexible and I would like to accomodate everyone who would like to participate!  I know we always have daily concerns that make us feel like we don't have time for these bigger conversations, but I think that it is these bigger conversations that keep us grounded in our purpose and vision when the day-to-day details threaten to overwhelm us.

(I also encourage those of you who are interested to borrow a copy of the Sizer book and check it out -- it's a short, quick read, and very thought-provoking.)

For our next book club meeting, we will be returning to young adult literature.  Jake has suggested we read The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.  Marcel wrote his summer book review on this book, which you can read on the bulletin board outside Rhonda's office.  There are some copies floating around the school which you can borrow, or you can let Jennifer know if you'd like her to order you a copy (books are about $10 on Amazon).  As for a date: I'm going to suggest we meet the week after Thanksgiving (week of December 3-7), although, as I mentioned above, that is flexible!  If you are interested in joining for this next session, please drop me a line by the end of this week and let me know whether Dec. 3-7 works for you, and if so, what day(s) are best.

Thanks,
Pauline

RE: Salk Staff Book Club

love the happy hour idea...over due! patti

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Subject: Re: Salk Staff Book Club

O.K., time for true confessions... not only did I fail to set a date for the next book club meeting, I also failed to notice that November is already almost halfway over!

I'd love to know who is interested in joining for a discussion of The Book Thief, and then to find out from those people what time frame and dates work best for you.  We were originally talking about meeting shortly after Thanksgiving... and Cherith suggested that maybe we could meet early on a Friday, sort of as an early happy hour.  If you're interested in being a part of this next book club discussion, please weigh in on these ideas.  I'd love to choose a date before we leave for Thanksgiving.

Thanks!!

Pauline

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Pauline David <pauline.david@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you to Jake, Jenna, Cherith, Sonia, and Jennifer for participating in Thursday's discussion about The Students are Watching by Ted and Nancy Sizer.  We had an interesting discussion about some of the ideas raised in the book, such as: what are the limitations of blanket statements like, "Don't shove in the hallway," and how might more nuanced discussions help us get students to really think about their actions and make constructive choices?  We also talked about the importance of having conversations as a staff, because it's important that we make the time and space for these nuanced discussions together if we are going to have them with the students. 

Building on that idea: I know there were several people who initially intended to come to book club but ended up feeling too overwhelmed to attend.  I apologize for not changing the date when it turned out we were scheduling book club for the day after Curriculum Night.  I want to encourage people who are interested in attending book club to let me know in the future if the choice of date is a problem -- the date is always flexible and I would like to accomodate everyone who would like to participate!  I know we always have daily concerns that make us feel like we don't have time for these bigger conversations, but I think that it is these bigger conversations that keep us grounded in our purpose and vision when the day-to-day details threaten to overwhelm us.

(I also encourage those of you who are interested to borrow a copy of the Sizer book and check it out -- it's a short, quick read, and very thought-provoking.)

For our next book club meeting, we will be returning to young adult literature.  Jake has suggested we read The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.  Marcel wrote his summer book review on this book, which you can read on the bulletin board outside Rhonda's office.  There are some copies floating around the school which you can borrow, or you can let Jennifer know if you'd like her to order you a copy (books are about $10 on Amazon).  As for a date: I'm going to suggest we meet the week after Thanksgiving (week of December 3-7), although, as I mentioned above, that is flexible!  If you are interested in joining for this next session, please drop me a line by the end of this week and let me know whether Dec. 3-7 works for you, and if so, what day(s) are best.

Thanks,
Pauline

Re: Salk Staff Book Club

O.K., time for true confessions... not only did I fail to set a date for the next book club meeting, I also failed to notice that November is already almost halfway over!

I'd love to know who is interested in joining for a discussion of The Book Thief, and then to find out from those people what time frame and dates work best for you.  We were originally talking about meeting shortly after Thanksgiving... and Cherith suggested that maybe we could meet early on a Friday, sort of as an early happy hour.  If you're interested in being a part of this next book club discussion, please weigh in on these ideas.  I'd love to choose a date before we leave for Thanksgiving.

Thanks!!

Pauline

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Pauline David <pauline.david@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you to Jake, Jenna, Cherith, Sonia, and Jennifer for participating in Thursday's discussion about The Students are Watching by Ted and Nancy Sizer.  We had an interesting discussion about some of the ideas raised in the book, such as: what are the limitations of blanket statements like, "Don't shove in the hallway," and how might more nuanced discussions help us get students to really think about their actions and make constructive choices?  We also talked about the importance of having conversations as a staff, because it's important that we make the time and space for these nuanced discussions together if we are going to have them with the students. 

Building on that idea: I know there were several people who initially intended to come to book club but ended up feeling too overwhelmed to attend.  I apologize for not changing the date when it turned out we were scheduling book club for the day after Curriculum Night.  I want to encourage people who are interested in attending book club to let me know in the future if the choice of date is a problem -- the date is always flexible and I would like to accomodate everyone who would like to participate!  I know we always have daily concerns that make us feel like we don't have time for these bigger conversations, but I think that it is these bigger conversations that keep us grounded in our purpose and vision when the day-to-day details threaten to overwhelm us.

(I also encourage those of you who are interested to borrow a copy of the Sizer book and check it out -- it's a short, quick read, and very thought-provoking.)

For our next book club meeting, we will be returning to young adult literature.  Jake has suggested we read The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.  Marcel wrote his summer book review on this book, which you can read on the bulletin board outside Rhonda's office.  There are some copies floating around the school which you can borrow, or you can let Jennifer know if you'd like her to order you a copy (books are about $10 on Amazon).  As for a date: I'm going to suggest we meet the week after Thanksgiving (week of December 3-7), although, as I mentioned above, that is flexible!  If you are interested in joining for this next session, please drop me a line by the end of this week and let me know whether Dec. 3-7 works for you, and if so, what day(s) are best.

Thanks,
Pauline

Presidential Debate--Education

You might be interested in seeing the debate on education tomorrow night. Edweek is streaming it but you have to sign up. http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html

8th grade--If Education is one of the issues you look at, you might want to have your students check out the debate. It will be posted on Ed week on Wednesday.

Linda Darling-Hammond for Obama
Lisa Graham Keenan for McCain

TC Alum can sign up on the TC website to be able to submit questions.
Only current students, faculty, etc can attend and seating is already full.

Jennifer

Salk Staff Book Club

Thank you to Jake, Jenna, Cherith, Sonia, and Jennifer for participating in Thursday's discussion about The Students are Watching by Ted and Nancy Sizer.  We had an interesting discussion about some of the ideas raised in the book, such as: what are the limitations of blanket statements like, "Don't shove in the hallway," and how might more nuanced discussions help us get students to really think about their actions and make constructive choices?  We also talked about the importance of having conversations as a staff, because it's important that we make the time and space for these nuanced discussions together if we are going to have them with the students. 

Building on that idea: I know there were several people who initially intended to come to book club but ended up feeling too overwhelmed to attend.  I apologize for not changing the date when it turned out we were scheduling book club for the day after Curriculum Night.  I want to encourage people who are interested in attending book club to let me know in the future if the choice of date is a problem -- the date is always flexible and I would like to accomodate everyone who would like to participate!  I know we always have daily concerns that make us feel like we don't have time for these bigger conversations, but I think that it is these bigger conversations that keep us grounded in our purpose and vision when the day-to-day details threaten to overwhelm us.

(I also encourage those of you who are interested to borrow a copy of the Sizer book and check it out -- it's a short, quick read, and very thought-provoking.)

For our next book club meeting, we will be returning to young adult literature.  Jake has suggested we read The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.  Marcel wrote his summer book review on this book, which you can read on the bulletin board outside Rhonda's office.  There are some copies floating around the school which you can borrow, or you can let Jennifer know if you'd like her to order you a copy (books are about $10 on Amazon).  As for a date: I'm going to suggest we meet the week after Thanksgiving (week of December 3-7), although, as I mentioned above, that is flexible!  If you are interested in joining for this next session, please drop me a line by the end of this week and let me know whether Dec. 3-7 works for you, and if so, what day(s) are best.

Thanks,
Pauline

Re: Salk Staff Book Club

Hey there! Just wanted to let folks know that our reading list is published on a blog in case anyone wants to check out books the book club has read in the past :).

http://salkbookclub.blogspot.com/

I've found that I get really cool ideas to try out in my classroom at nearly every book club discussion. Sometimes they are related to the book we are reading and sometimes they are related to a comment that another of our awesome teacher colleagues makes as a by-product of our book discussion :). So even if you don't finish the book you can provide me with inspiration just by mentioning something you already do in your class or that you are thinking of doing in your class :).

Thanks for being inspiring :).
Cherith

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Pauline David wrote:

Dear all,

Last week (although now it seems ages ago!), Ling, Marcel, Sonia, Jake, Cherith, Keisha, Betsy, Jenna, Jason, Katherine, Rhonda, Jennifer and I met to discuss A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. We had a spirited discussion about our own personal reading preferences in terms of historical fiction vs. fantasy and also about whether we thought we would have enjoyed this book if we had read it as middle schoolers. Thank you so much to everyone who attended!

The suggestion was made that we alternate this year between professional texts and young adult titles, rather than sticking only with professional texts during the year and Y.A. over the summer. Please think of any book recommendations you may have, especially for Y.A. you think it would be fun for us to read together, and let me know your suggestions!

Our next book will be education-related: The Students are Watching: Schools and the Moral Contract by Ted and Nancy Sizer. As many of you probably know, Ted Sizer is a big name in school reform. He founded the Coalition for Essential Schools, held faculty positions in education at both Harvard and Brown, and is the author of many books about schools and education. You can read more about him here. This book's premise is that schools often approach character education as a separate component of the curriculum, yet students learn their big lessons about character, integrity, etc. by the everyday modeling we do as adults in schools. It's a short book (only 160 pages!) but, if previous Sizer books are any indication, it should be highly thought-provoking and lend itself to some good discussions.

If you'd like me to order you a copy of the book to be delivered to school, I am happy to do so -- depending on where I can get copies (Amazon says they only have a few copies left), it will cost somewhere between $11-13. Let me know via email by Tuesday if you want me to order you a copy, and I will place the order Wednesday.

As for our next meeting date, I suggest we meet either Wednesday, October 15 or Thursday, October 16 at 4 PM. If you're interested in attending and have a strong preference for either day, please let me know as soon as possible. We'll nail down the exact date a week or two earlier.

Hope to see you at our next meeting,
Pauline