Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits (edition 2013)

by Donalyn Miller, Susan Kelley (Contributor)

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"Teaching students to become lifelong readers A companion to the bestselling The Book Whisperer, Reading in the Wild explores whether or not we are truly instilling lifelong reading habits in our students and provides practical strategies for teaching "wild" reading. Based on survey responses from over 900 adult readers and classroom feedback, Reading in the Wild offers solid advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage and assess key lifelong reading habits, including dedicating time for reading, planning for future reading, and defining oneself as a reader. Includes advice for supporting the love of reading by explicitly teaching lifelong reading habits Contains accessible strategies, ideas, tips, lesson plans and management tools along with lists of recommended books Co-published with Editorial Projects in Education, publisher of Education Week and Teacher Magazine Packed with ideas for helping students choose their own reading material, respond to text, and build capacity for lifelong reading"--… (more)

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Title:	Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits
Authors:	Donalyn Miller
Other authors:	Susan Kelley (Contributor)
Info:	Jossey-Bass (2013), Edition: 1, Paperback, 304 pages
Collections:	Professional, Non-Fiction, To read
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Good book if you are a middle or elementary English teacher, or a high school English teacher with an unusual amount of curricular oversight, or maybe an elementary librarian or a parent. Clearly written, lots of example reading logs and student work and support for the idea that building independent reading skills are important. Yay for that! Not so helpful, unfortunately, for a middle school librarian who has zero control over anyone's classroom or reading time. (

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SamMusher | Sep 7, 2019 |

Donalyn is by far one of my favorite authors when it comes to reading about ways to inspire kids to learn to love reading. I purchased this book and added it to our Professional Development Plan. I felt this book was important enough that all of my ELA teachers needed to read it. By adding it to our plan we would need to discuss it. Through this book she makes recommendations about the right way to encourage students to read, the right way to recommend books and genres. The right way to make sure your kids are reading “in the wild”, when they are away from you, instead of only when they are in your class. This should be a must read for all beginning teachers no matter what subject they teach. In the real world of teaching, no matter what subject you teach, if your student can’t read well then they won’t really do well in any of their classes. All subjects require the ability to read and comprehend. Put this on your list of must read books for this year. (

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skstiles612 | Jul 6, 2017 |

This is a practical approach to creating reading communities in classrooms. Miller gives book suggestions and helps other teachers see how she manages to create a reading workshop in her classroom and also meet district and school requirements. She also gives great lists and surveys that can be reproduced at the end of the book. Reading this book makes me want to go find her other book, The Book Whisperer. (

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SuPendleton | Jul 18, 2014 |

It was amazing and gave me so many great ideas for both my teaching and personal life as a reader! In fact, I began to actively use my goodreads account as as a result of this book. I also had all my 6th graders create an account and begin to add books to their shelves:)

msmthom | Mar 16, 2014 |

Donnalyn Miller reads my mind! This book covers all the topics on reading in the classroom and beyond that I've been thinking about. It is filled with a lot of wonderful ideas that I know will impact my students and create "wild readers". Just like The Book Whisperer, this is a must read for anyone wanting to influence the lifelong reading habits of young people. (

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mkish | Dec 25, 2013 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Miller, Donalyn	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Kelley, Susan	Author	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lesesne, Teri S.	Foreword	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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In the final chapter of my first book, The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child, I expressed dismay that although I had succeeded in encouraging my students to read a lot during our school year together, many of those students read less or stopped reading altogether when they moved into middle and high school.

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"Teaching students to become lifelong readers A companion to the bestselling The Book Whisperer, Reading in the Wild explores whether or not we are truly instilling lifelong reading habits in our students and provides practical strategies for teaching "wild" reading. Based on survey responses from over 900 adult readers and classroom feedback, Reading in the Wild offers solid advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage and assess key lifelong reading habits, including dedicating time for reading, planning for future reading, and defining oneself as a reader. Includes advice for supporting the love of reading by explicitly teaching lifelong reading habits Contains accessible strategies, ideas, tips, lesson plans and management tools along with lists of recommended books Co-published with Editorial Projects in Education, publisher of Education Week and Teacher Magazine Packed with ideas for helping students choose their own reading material, respond to text, and build capacity for lifelong reading"--

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