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Since I first read Donalyn Miller’s book The Book Whisperer, I have implemented the 40 book challenge. I teach 1st-6th grade gifted kids. These kids are usually readers when they walk into my classroom. My bulletin board houses sticker charts all year long. Students add a sticker for every book they read. Every nine weeks grading period I remind them to update their charts, but other than this, I leave them alone.
I do not believe in gimmicks to get kids to read. What I do believe in is finding space to read every day and knowing a student well enough to place a just-right book into their hands. My students have not all met the challenge, but this year a majority of them did. This week we colored bubble numbers celebrating their achievements.
This Animoto video is a showy one. I didn’t get a posed picture will all of my kids, but here are a few proud readers. Enjoy!
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What a joy to see student celebrating so much reading! Most of the teachers I work with have so many students who just will not choose to read outside the walls of the school.
Nothing is better than celebrating student readers! Kudos to you for finding space to read every day (not easy) and getting just right books into the hands of your readers.
Congratulations to all of your readers, Margaret.