moi aussi

It amazes me that NYS thinks students will read 25 books in the course of the school year. With all the demands on their time and demands on their own personal interests and attention how is that humanly possible. Of course there's a small percentage of students who have no difficulty meeting this goal, but remember we are assuming 25 books (at their reading level) in 40 weeks.

I'm not whining as much as I am trying to point out that in reality, this is a fairly lofty goal. Even a good reader who enjoys reading on their own will probably do 8-10 books at school, maybe 6 for book reports and then maybe 5 on their own. Let's see, that's still only 21! And my numbers are optimistic estimations!

This is possible if you like to read, find joy in books, read fluently and not laboriously and aren't into excessive TV. 40 weeks is basically the end of the year. Now I could easily reach this goal since all the factors above apply and I have summer vacation in the middle of this span of time.

So my reading goal for 2009 will be double the goal and read 50 during the course of 2009. (So I will backtrack and count those I completed between January and now). Let's see if I can do it! Last years 50 book project gave me less time and I did acheive 41 out of 50!

So, what have I read so far (notice I'm only averaging 2 a month):

January

Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

February

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

March

Deathwish by Rob Thurman

April

Spirit by JP Hightman