Thing # 7B

Well, now this class is costing me money! I read a blog about a new book called The Book Whisperer and absolutely had to have it after reading just this blog...very persuasive writing! Perhaps this topic just resonated with me because I see so many children and adults who don't know the joys of reading that I do. Even in our class, at least one friend of mine has confessed to not being a reader...at least reading for pleasure and entertainment. My goal is to get every teacher to become someone who loves reading, who feels passionatley about it as I do. Who is in a better position to convert all the students they see every day than the classroom teacher? A teacher, unfortunately is not who made me a reader. It was my mom and dad. They were constantly reading and I always got 2 new Nancy Drew mysteries for Christmas and my birthday. When I ran out of Nancy Drews I had to find other books to read and so I did. But today we have so many students who will not get that love of reading at home. So that leaves just one place-school and one person-a beloved teacher. We should never underestimate the power we have to change the lives of the next generation by modeling for them what we value.