Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

03.17.13 Sunday Morning with My Daughter — Shared Reading and Complex Text

Spent an hour or so in front of the fire with one of my daughters this morning, reading aloud from Black Beauty, the all-time horsiest children’s book, written by Anna Sewell and published in 1877.  We’ve been working our way through it together for a week or so now and It’s been a great experience… My daughter…