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Reading Matters: Are we teaching reading or readers? Classroom Reading or Real Readers?
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READING What Counts, What Matters, and What’s Worth Fighting For
What is the BEST way to teach Reading?
What kind of READERS do we want?
Readers • Who can… • Who will… • Who are able to … • Who ready for… • Who understand that… • Who use… • Who see themselves… • Who believe.. • Who know that…
Reasons • Books • Environment • Tools • Behaviors • Strategies
Reasons • Books • Environment • Tools • Behaviors • Strategies
Answer “Our” Questions!
“If the experience of “doing school” destroys children’s spirit to learn, their sense of wonder, their curiosity about the world, their willingness to care… Have we succeeded as educators even if they do well on the test?” - ASCD, Whole Child 2008 -