1.
What are your overall impressions of The Book
Whisperer? Would you recommend it to a
peer? How has it affected your view of
teaching reading?
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Appendix: Due April 26th
There are book lists and forms at the back of
the book. Discuss how you might use
these resources with your students.
Respond to two others:
Chapter 7 Due April 19th
What are some ways you can set up your classroom
to invite students to become life long readers?
Respond to two others.
Chapter 7 Due April 12th
Discuss how the author addresses state standards
and district requirements without using skill lessons and worksheets?
Chapter 7 Due April 12th
1.
Oftentimes when working with students with
disabilities our major focus is decoding.
How can you develop life long readers when it is such a struggle to just
“break the code”?
Chapter 6 Due April 5th
What are some ways to assess whether students
are reading and understanding their texts as opposed to comprehension tests or
book reports? Why is it best to avoid
the overuse of comprehension tests or book reports?
Respond to two others:
Chapter 6 Due March 29th
What are some alternatives to the traditional
practice of using whole-class novels?
Chapter 5 Due March 22nd
On pages 108-109, the author discusses efferent
readers and aesthetic readers. Which
reader best illustrates how you approach a text and what purpose you have for
reading?
Respond to two others;
Chapter 5 Due March 15th
The author cited findings from a 2007 Associated
Press poll that suggested that the average adult American read only four books
a year. Talk about your personal
experiences reading as an adult. What
are your feelings about reading and how do you express those feelings to your
students? Are you a good model for
reading?
Respond to two others:
Respond to two others:
Chapter 4 Due March 8th
The author describes ways that she encourages
students to read different genres. What
are some ways that you teach the different genres of reading?
What are some problems associated with reading
logs, reading books for points, whole class reading?
Chapter 3 Due March 1st
The Book Whisperer describes a very different
reading culture for classrooms than what is typically seen. List several points that identify her beliefs
and expectations about reading?
Respond to two people:
Chapter 3 Due March 1
The author was emphatic that students need more
time practicing reading. Consider how
much time your students actually read each day.
Discuss ideas you may have read for allowing/encouraging more time for
students to read?
Chapter 2 Due Febr. 22nd
The author believes strongly in using student
surveys and allowing students the free choice to read books to match their
interests? Discuss how this can or
cannot be used within your classroom.
Chapter 2 Due Febr. 15th
The author talks about three different kinds of
readers in your classroom (the underground readers, the developing readers, and
the dormant readers). With which group
of students do you most identify with and why?
Respond to two others:
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