Day 21
Name a book you are thankful to have read and how it has inspired you to be better at what you do.
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| ISBN 1571103767 |
As a life-long reader, I have read any number of great books. As a secondary English teacher, I enjoy teaching my students about the classics, having them read a plethora of various great literature, and trying to build within them a love of reading.
The one thing I don't know how to do, though, is teach my students how to read. Secondary teachers are not taught how to teach a person to read. It was frustrating for me because I often come across students who are not reading at grade level or who have some gaps in their reading process. So I began looking for some help. I found it in this Cris Tovani book: Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?
It includes great strategies the secondary teacher can use right away with any kind of content to help her students to become better readers. This book doesn't teach me how to teach reading from scratch, but it can--and does--help me to help my students where they are right now in order to help them move forward. Our school used this book as a book study several years ago to help all of us teachers find ways to help our students.
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