Authors inspire poems...a day at the Reading Recovery Conference

 Today I had the privilege of attending the National Reading Recovery and K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference.  It is so exciting to see so many teachers and presenters passionate about reading.  The following authors each sent a message my way today.  As I reread my notes, I found myself catching phrases with a universal message.  As Patricia Scharer said while citing J. Patrick Lewis, "You read aloud poetry so your ears can have as much fun as your mouth!"

My first session was Jan Richardson, author of The Next Step in Guided Reading.

Support readers

understand the process

No program on the shelf

Just an appropriate lesson

analyze the instruction

analyze the reader

motivate the reader

differentiate

scaffold

tell them

support

give readers the will and thrill

not just the skill

 Next Up...Patricia Scharer from THE Ohio State University.

Texts are teachers

read 

to experience

read 

to find secrets

read 

to develop understanding

read 

to create other readers

Then...Linda Dorn, author of Teaching for Deep Comprehension

Learning to read

a mindset

fixed?

don't want to

stop working

growth?

learn something new

                                  stretching skills

                                            Throw yourself in

                                           What are your readers' mindsets?

PS...My peanut butter brownie from the North Market!
It was so good it deserved a spot!