Donalynn Miller, a Texas language-arts teacher who also writes a blog at Teacher Magazine, is having a "boy year," in which guys make up about 2/3 of her middle-school students. She's loving it.
Go see what they're reading, and contribute your book recommendations in the comments. It's fun checking out what other teachers and parents are suggesting, too. My boy is currently engrossed in Encylopedia Horrifica and is thrilled that he received The Encyclopedia of Immaturity as a gift recently.
Link: "Boy Year," at The Book Whisperer
via Jen Robinson at PBS Parents' Booklights blog
Glad you liked this one, Susan. Thanks for linking.
Posted by: Jen Robinson | October 26, 2009 at 03:23 PM
Ooh, I had one of those! I had fifteen boys and two girls when I taught fifth grade. It was... exciting, to say the least. It kind of changes the way you look at your curriculum. To say the least, we did more hands-on stuff outside for science! It was a good experience; I think if I went back to the elementary classroom I'd like to keep that more hands-on/outdoor vibe going. It was fun for the girls, too.
Posted by: tanita | October 26, 2009 at 03:27 PM
Of course, for some of us, every day is a boy day...
Posted by: charlotte | October 26, 2009 at 07:34 PM
Jen, you're welcome. I always enjoy your roundups.
Hands-on and outdoors: I would have loved more of that in school, Tanita. Do you think you'd ever teach elementary school again?
Absolutely, Charlotte! Did you read Donalynn Miller's book The Book Whisperer? I liked it a lot.
Posted by: Susan (Chicken Spaghetti) | October 26, 2009 at 07:40 PM