The book whisperer :
Miller, Donalyn.
The book whisperer : awakening the inner reader in every child / Donalyn Miller ; foreword by Jeff Anderson. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2009. - xi, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Jossey-Bass teacher. . - Jossey-Bass teacher. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-215) and index.
There and back again -- Everybody is a reader -- Whisper: Student surveys -- There's a time and a place -- Reading freedom -- Whisper: Reader's notebooks -- Walking the walk -- Cutting the teacher strings -- Whisper: End-of-year evaluations -- Letting go -- Afterword / Ron D. Myers -- Appendix A: The care and feeding of a classroom library -- Appendix B: Ultimate library list -- Appendix C: Student forms.
Known for her popular blog, "The Book Whisperer," Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn'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. She shares her teaching methods and includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read.
9780470372272 (pbk.) 0470372273 (pbk.)
2008055666
GBA8E1217 bnb
Reading (Elementary)
Reading (Middle school)
Children--Books and reading.
Motivation in education.
LB1573 / .M4938 2009
372.6
The book whisperer : awakening the inner reader in every child / Donalyn Miller ; foreword by Jeff Anderson. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2009. - xi, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Jossey-Bass teacher. . - Jossey-Bass teacher. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-215) and index.
There and back again -- Everybody is a reader -- Whisper: Student surveys -- There's a time and a place -- Reading freedom -- Whisper: Reader's notebooks -- Walking the walk -- Cutting the teacher strings -- Whisper: End-of-year evaluations -- Letting go -- Afterword / Ron D. Myers -- Appendix A: The care and feeding of a classroom library -- Appendix B: Ultimate library list -- Appendix C: Student forms.
Known for her popular blog, "The Book Whisperer," Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn'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. She shares her teaching methods and includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read.
9780470372272 (pbk.) 0470372273 (pbk.)
2008055666
GBA8E1217 bnb
Reading (Elementary)
Reading (Middle school)
Children--Books and reading.
Motivation in education.
LB1573 / .M4938 2009
372.6