I have been looking at The Book Whisperer, The Daily Five, and The Cafe Book, and just recently Reading with Meaning. Now, I don't have a lot of time as it is, so which do you suggest I read first and why? Or are there any of these that you suggest I skip right over? Our B&N is having educator days this weekend so I would like to pick up whatever is suggested and would really appreciate all the input I can get. Or do you have a different book you highly suggest and why?
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ReplyDeleteI have worked in a school that did the Daily 5 and CAFE program, which worked really well as a whole school program. I don't have the guts to implement it in my own classroom because I feel it's a program that I would need a lot of support with the first few years. I've never heard it associated with teaching kids a "love of reading," however.
If your main goal is to get kids excited about reading, I would really recommend "The Book Whisperer." I read it last fall for the exact same reason and I learned a lot of great tips and tricks. She has the ability to create her own reading curriculum for the most part, which I am not fortunate enough to be able to do, so I couldn't use all of her suggestions. There were a lot of practices I picked up from that book including the daily reading check and the book "talks". I have seen a difference since last year in how much my kids love to read. Don't know if that's directly related to my implementation of those strategies or not, but I feel it has had a positive effect on our classroom reading attitude.
Hope my two cents will help you out!
Rebecca
Classroom Compulsion
The Book Whisperer is the best for the straight-up love of reading. It was an easy read and really motivated me. That said, it's not really so much an easy-to-implement program for your classroom, so keep that in mind.
ReplyDeleteI found The Daily 5 to be kind of a boring read, just because the blog world had already pretty much told me what it was all about. I do think it has led to my students enjoying reading more, though, just because we have built up stamina to read a LOT. My kids are getting lots of direct READING time, and they're discovering they like it more than they realized. I think CAFE helps me think of specific strategies to teach, and I like posting them in the room, but I don't think it is really a 'love of reading' booster, especially.
I haven't read Reading with Meaning, but I can say I KNOW the Book Whisperer would really get you jazzed to make your kids love reading!
Hope that helps! :)
Jenny
Luckeyfrog's Lilypad
I read part of the book whisper this summer and what i implemented was a reading interest survey..I tweaked it a bit to fit my kiddos, I also implemented the way I introduced my classroom library..we had a book frenzy :), those two things have made the BIGGEST difference.
ReplyDeleteI also read parts of daily 5 but got most info from blog hopping. It has also made a BIG difference as kiddos have a choice..I only use read to self, word work and listen to reading.
I disagree with an earlier comment as I am the only teacher brave enough to use Daily 5 in my school and probably few in my district as we have a basal and guided reading program..my guided reading material is set in stone but what students are working on during non-group time is flexible.
Amanda
Rock Stars At Work
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