Summary
- Miller’s credibility with students and the reason they trust her recommendations is because she reads every day and talks about reading constantly. There is a link between the reading habits of teachers and the reading achievement of their students. We do not want our students to compartmentalize their reading lives and we should not do it either- should not be one for school and one for home.
- “Readers are made, not born.” (108). It is up to teachers to give students the help they need to grow as readers.
- Efferent readers versus Aesthetic readers.
- The instructional edge goes to teachers who see reading as a gift (not a goal). The teachers who have an aesthetic view of reading have more influence on their students’ motivation and interest.
- Craft your own reading plan: commit to a certain amount of reading per day, choose books to read that are personally interesting to you, read more books for children,
Relevant Vocabulary
“The Peter Effect”
Reading poverty
Aliteracy
Illiteracy
Rosenblatt’s transactional theory
Efferent readers
Aesthetic readers
Reading Improvement plan
Reading poverty
Aliteracy
Illiteracy
Rosenblatt’s transactional theory
Efferent readers
Aesthetic readers
Reading Improvement plan
To Use in Your Classroom
- The teacher leads the way- be a good role model for students. Do what you expect them to do. So if you ask a child to read, then why are you grading papers? The teacher should spend just as much time reading as the student a day.
- Don’t be afraid to share your struggles with your students. You are human too and they should see that.
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