FOR TEACHERS • LIBRARIANS • READ-ALOUDS
Bring a Dewey Case Into the Room
Dewey’s cases are built around problems kids can recognize, competing perspectives, evidence, failed attempts, humor, and revision. Use the office files to move from reading into discussion, argument, research, writing, and problem solving.
CLARA’S ROUTING SLIP
Choose the next drawer.
Every route below leads into permanent material from Dewey’s office. No marketing fog machine required.
THE WHOLE CASE LOAD
Three books. One office.
Parent problems become teacher problems. Teacher problems become sibling problems. Dewey keeps learning that the visible complaint is rarely the entire case.