Teacher+Resources

8. __Good Books Matter,__ How to choose and use children's literature to help students grow as readers by Shelley Stagg Peterson and Larry Swartz
==9. __The Book Whisperer__, Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller. The author is a grade 6 teacher who says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. In the book, she takes us inside her 6th grade classroom to reveal the secrets of her powerful but unusual instructional approach. Rejecting book reports, comprehension worksheets, snd other aspects of conventioanl instruction. Miller embraces giving students an individual choice in what they read combined with a program for independent reading. She has a classroom library you need to read about!!==