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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Do you understand why that percentage of non fiction reading was specified? Because unfortunately in many schools (especially those with kids of low socio-economic status) students are NOT usually assigned non fiction reading (esp. in science and social studies).

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I understand that when children are not reading -or are interested in reading--that the most important thing to do is get them to READ!  You do that by finding things for them to read that they LIKE.[/quote]

So you are opposed to having middle and high school students read assigned texts in their science and social studies classes?  Should the texts that students read be free choice, or should students just not read at all.

As an aside, the CCSS don't talk about a fiction/nonfiction split.  They talk about a literary/informational split.  A poem or play or memoir can be an accurate representation of what happened (nonfiction), and still be considered literary text.  [/quote]

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