Creating Engaged Readers with Donalyn Miller
Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 10/1/2013 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 9/28/2013 12:01 AM
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Please join CESA 5 in welcoming Donalyn Miller, The Book Whisperer, to Wisconsin Dells.
Donalyn will discuss how to foster a literate community in your classroom, increase student engagement in reading and develop habits that promote life-long reading.
Miller, a sixth-grade language arts and social studies teacher and blogger, has enabled students of many different backgrounds to enjoy reading and to be good at it. Her approach is simple yet provocative: affirm the reader in every student, allow students to choose their own books, carve out extra reading time, model authentic reading behaviors, discard timeworn reading assignments such as book reports and comprehension worksheets, and develop a classroom library filled with high-interest books. Her students regularly read more than 40 books in a school year and leave her classroom with an appreciation and love of books and reading. Miller provides many tips for teachers and parents and includes a useful list of ultimate reading suggestions picked by her students. This outstanding contribution to the literature is highly recommended for teachers, parents, and others serving young students.
Cost:
Student Achievement Consortium Members: $75
CESA 5 Center Members: $150
All Others: $250