Joyful Moments in Reading

This blog post features some big names in the literacy field, including Jeff Wilhelm and Pernille Ripp, discussing the biggest mistakes they think reading teachers make. Here are a few takeaways:

• Incorporating student choice in selecting and responding to what they read can have a big impact on engagement and motivation
• Moving beyond the strategies and skills to create joyful experiences for engaging with text
• Nurturing the identities of young readers
• Giving students actual time to read
• Connecting pleasure in our teaching to pleasure in reading

To read more about what these authors have to say, you can access the full blog here.