The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller is one of the best professional books I have ever read. I have very rarely found a teacher book that I was able to read cover to cover. This book was one of the very few that I can admit I read every single word. The ultimate message that Miller wants to get across to the reader is that every child has the opportunity to love reading. As teachers, Miller shares with us what we can do in our classroom to foster the love of reading to all of our kids. Miller, a 6th grade teacher herself, shares in her book things like "The 40 Book Challenge", student reflection forms like "Reading Interest-A-Lyzer" and an End-of-Year Reading Evaluation, also many tips that teachers can do to help students love reading as much as possible. My favorite section in the book is where she gives ideas on how to improve upon "Traditional Practice" ideas. For example, instead of doing traditional book reports, she suggests book commercials or book reviews. She goes into detail about how to make that work in the classroom.
When reading this book, my mind could not stop about how I could apply it to my own teaching. Granted, I cannot take everything from this book and make it work, but I can and have taken some things. This book made me reevaluate some of the things I do during my reading block. One of the biggest things I got out of The Book Whisperer was to just make more time for independent reading. I hope this is a book you enjoy as much as I did!
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