Voice and Choice:
Fostering Student Reading Ownership
Donalyn Miller
Description:
While students are learning the skills of reading, they must also develop a positive reading identity to remain readers. By negotiating both academic and personal reading goals, empowering students’ reading choices, and providing opportunities for students to share and promote their responses to what they read, we can increase young readers’ engagement and effort. In this session, Donalyn Miller shares classroom examples, relevant research, instructional moves, and strategies for supporting young readers as they grow into lifelong readers.
Target Audience:
K-8 Teachers, Special Education, Reading Specialists and Administrators
Presenter: Donalyn Miller
Donalyn Miller is an award-winning teacher, author, and staff development leader who has taught fourth, fifth, and sixth grade languate arts and social studies in the Fort Worth, Texas area. She is the author or co-author of multiple books about creating engaging and inclusive reading communities, including The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild. Donalyn has won numerous awards including TCTELA's Edmund J. Farrell Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the language arts teaching profession. Donalyn is the co-founder of The Nerdy Book Club blog, founder of the annual summer #bookaday challenge and co-host of the monthly Twitter chat #titletalk. In all of her ventures, she shares the importance of free choice reading and provides suggestions and resources that foster children's love of reading and the development of positive reading identities.
A light breakfast and lunch will be provided.
There is no fee for CESA #1 Title I districts or Independent Charter Schools.
Outside of CESA #1 - $149/person
Please register in advance so that we can plan for food, space, etc.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): CESA #1 will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities attending our workshops or events. If you require accommodations, please contact the workshop coordinator for that event.