The Reading Zone : HOW TO HELP KIDS BECOME SKILLED, PASSIONATE, HABITUAL, CRITICAL READERS (Paperback)

from asomers

Every teacher, regardless of grade level ad content area,should read this book. We all could be doing so much more to promote reading for our students.

from JRlibrary

Although Nancie disagrees with a few things I've used for years, I still loved this book because I think her thinking is dead on; give kids great books, give them reading time, and they will absolutely, definitely, become readers. She does not like reading strategies or chunking novels IF trying ...

from debnance

I loved this book. I want someone to finance a trip for me to Maine to visit Atwell and see her ideas in action.Atwell believes all readers need to become good at reading is good books and time to read. A simple idea, but one that is backed up by research.I want to push this book into the hands o...

from SuPendleton

Nancie Atwell does a great job explaining how to practically set up a reading workshop. She includes forms to copy to help explain certain processes to students and gives examples of student writing to show teachers how the letter response - letter essays work in the classroom. I will definitely ...

from ewyatt

We read this book for our faculty book club. Atwell shares her pedagogy and practice for teaching reading. I really enjoyed the read and thought she was right on with much of her argument. Although one thing REALLY bothered me -- where are the school libraries? libraries at ALL for that matter? S...