Chapter 4 - Reading Freedom
Donalyn makes a strong case in this chapter for allowing our
students to develop reading identities. She encourages us to resist
the temptation to "teach" them how to select books, and allow them
the freedom to develop interests in books. Donalyn describes her
beginning of the school year throughout this chapter. The following
questions are meant to spark discussion about this chapter. In
honoring Donalyn's notion of "freedom", feel free to discuss
something else that jumped out at you in this chapter.
1) Reflect on the beginning of your school year. What do you
normally do to encourage reading? Lots of read alouds, blessing of
the books/mini book talks where I've gathered books in baskets and
briefly talk about each one, class library "tour" to explain the
organization of author baskets, genre baskets, leveled baskets, etc.
What will you do differently as a result of reading Donalyn's
descriptions in this chapter? I'm toying with the idea of a reading
requirement based on her 40 books . I'm not sure about this in 4th
grade. Not sure about how many books is appropriate. THOUGHTS?
We always do genre studies and do lit circles for each main genre
(mystery, realistic fiction, fantasy, etc.) and then I do require
that they choose another one in that genre to read and respond to
independently . We do a reading workshop so students have a big
block of time for independent reading.
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