Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits

Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits

Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits

Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits

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Overview

In Reading in the Wild, reading expert Donalyn Miller continues the conversation that began in her bestselling book, The Book Whisperer. While The Book Whisperer revealed the secrets of getting students to love reading, Reading in the Wild, written with reading teacher Susan Kelley, describes how to truly instill lifelong "wild" reading habits in our students.

Based, in part, on survey responses from adult readers as well as students, Reading in the Wild offers solid advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage, and assess five key reading habits that cultivate a lifelong love of reading. Also included are strategies, lesson plans, management tools, and comprehensive lists of recommended books. Copublished with Editorial Projects in Education, publisher of Education Week and Teacher magazine, Reading in the Wild is packed with ideas for helping students build capacity for a lifetime of "wild" reading.

"When the thrill of choice reading starts to fade, it's time to grab Reading in the Wild. This treasure trove of resources and management techniques will enhance and improve existing classroom systems and structures."
Cris Tovani, secondary teacher, Cherry Creek School District, Colorado, consultant, and author of Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?

"With Reading in the Wild, Donalyn Miller gives educators another important book. She reminds us that creating lifelong readers goes far beyond the first step of putting good books into kids' hands."
Franki Sibberson, third-grade teacher, Dublin City Schools, Dublin, Ohio, and author of Beyond Leveled Books

"Reading in the Wild, along with the now legendary The Book Whisperer, constitutes the complete guide to creating a stimulating literature program that also gets students excited about pleasure reading, the kind of reading that best prepares students for understanding demanding academic texts. In other words, Donalyn Miller has solved one of the central problems in language education."
Stephen Krashen, professor emeritus, University of Southern California


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780470900307
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 11/04/2013
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 376,906
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Donalyn Miller, known as "The Book Whisperer" for her insightful advice on what students like to read and how to foster independent reading, teaches language arts and social studies at Peterson Elementary in Fort Worth, Texas.

Susan Kelley
has taught reading for over thirty years and currently teaches language arts and social studies at Trinity Meadows Intermediate in Keller, Texas.

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Table of Contents

Foreword, by Teri S. Lesesne xi

Introduction xvii

Life, the Universe, and Everything 1

Chapter 1 Wild Readers Dedicate Time to Read 5

Creating a Workshop Schedule That Works for You 37

Chapter 2 Wild Readers Self-Select Reading Material 42

Curating a Classroom Library 79

Chapter 3 Wild Readers Share Books and Reading with Other Readers 87

Conferring: What’s the Point? 129

Chapter 4 Wild Readers Have Reading Plans 135

Building a Personal Canon 158

Chapter 5 Wild Readers Show Preferences 162

Coda 194

Appendix A: Reader’s Notebook Sheets 198

Genre Requirements Graph 199

My Reading List 200

Books to Read List 206

Status of the Class 207

Appendix B: Reading Habits Reflections 208

My Reading Itinerary 209

My Selection Reflection 214

My Reading Influences 217

Appendix C: Reading Habits Assessments 219

Independent Reading Time Observation 220

Reading Habits Conference Chart 221

Appendix D: Reading Habits Surveys 222

Wild Reader Survey 223

End-of-year Reading Habits Survey 227

End-of-year Reading Preferences Survey 231

Appendix E: Students’ Favorite Titles and Series 234

References 248
Acknowledgments 254
About the Authors 258
About the Sponsor 259
Index 260

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