Penny Kittle

outstanding! clear specific strategies for helping students read widely and deeply

This for whatever reason took me forever to get through. It was quite good but I think I just kept going back to fiction instead. It has some great ideas and I know she's write about how much reading students need to do and how important choice is but it's still hard to slow down in the classroom enough to really support kids' reading and hold them accountable while still making it pleasurable. Still, there are ideas that I want to incorporate next year.

In addition to useful, practical matters, this book asks teachers to truly consider their goals for students as future college students and adult readers. Is teaching 5-8 novels a year adequate to supporting student readers? How do we cultivate and tend to students as life-long readers?

In addition to useful, practical matters, this book asks teachers to truly consider their goals for students as future college students and adult readers. Is teaching 5-8 novels a year adequate to supporting student readers? How do we cultivate and tend to students as life-long readers?