The Book Whisperer (eBook)

Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

Donalyn Miller (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010 | 1. Auflage
240 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-62342-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Turn any student into a bookworm with a few easy and practical strategies

Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she can't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year.

Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. Instead, she helps students navigate the world of literature and gives them time to read books they pick out themselves. Her love of books and teaching is both infectious and inspiring.

In the book, you'll find:

* Hands-on strategies for managing and improving your own school library

* Tactics for helping students walk on their own two feet and continue the reading habit after they've finished with your class

* Data from student surveys and end-of-year feedback that proves how well the Miller Method works

The Book Whisperer includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read.

Autor

Donalyn Miller teaches 6th grade language arts and social studies at Trinity Meadows Intermediate School in Keller, Texas. She also writes an ongoing blog for teachermagazine.org. The book is published in partnership with Education Week Press (www.edweek.org).

Inhalt

Foreword, by Jeff Anderson, author and literacy staff developer ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 There and Back Again 7

Chapter 2 Everybody Is a Reader 19
Whisper STUDENT SURVEYS 39

Chapter 3 There's a Time and a Place 47

Chapter 4 Reading Freedom 69
Whisper READER'S NOTEBOOKS 99

Chapter 5 Walking the Walk 103

Chapter 6 Cutting the Teacher Strings 119
Whisper END-OF-YEAR EVALUATIONS 153

Chapter 7 Letting Go 159
Afterword, by Ron D. Myers, principal 179

Appendix A: The Care and Feeding of a Classroom Library 183
Appendix B: Ultimate Library List 193
Appendix C: Student Forms 201
References 213
Index 217
Acknowledgments 225
About the Author 228
About the Sponsor 228

Rezensionen

[Starred review] Miller, a sixth-grade language arts and
social studies teacher and blogger, has enabled students of many
different backgrounds to enjoy reading and to be good at it; her
students regularly score high on the Texas standardized tests. Her
approach is simple yet provocative: affirm the reader in every
student, allow students to choose their own books, carve out extra
reading time, model authentic reading behaviors, discard timeworn
reading assignments such as book reports and comprehension
worksheets, and develop a classroom library filled with
high-interest books. Her students regularly read more than 40 books
in a school year and leave her classroom with an appreciation and
love of books and reading. Miller provides many tips for teachers
and parents and includes a useful list of ultimate reading
suggestions picked by her students. This outstanding contribution
to the literature is highly recommended for teachers, parents, and
others serving young students.--Mark Bay, Univ. of the
Cumberlands Lib., Williamsburg, KY (Library Journal, March
15, 2009)

"Mrs. Miller's message was powerful, yet simple. She
reminded educators of the simplest way to foster a love for
reading: let students read for fun without asking for a book report
when they are done." (The Examiner, November 4, 2009)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.1.2010
• Vorwort: Jeff Anderson
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Schlagworte: Bildungswesen • Education • Lese- u. Schreibfähigkeit • Lese- u. Schreibfähigkeit • Literacy & Reading
• ISBN-10: 0-470-62342-X / 047062342X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-62342-8 / 9780470623428