Trevor Blog 5

The concept of having Wild Readers is not an easy one to establish in a single classroom, during a single school year, and by one teacher.  It is a push that needs to be made as a community and school acting together.  There will always be individuals who perform daily reading, but the goal is to create a movement that engulfs everyone instead of the typical individuals.  As of now reading is considered as “uncool” and is not a social norm.  Kids are introduced the “negative stereotypes connected to reading bombard [them]: readers are intellectual snobs, socially inept nerds, and bookworms” (91).  The only way stereotypes like these are formed is through ignorance.  Reading and writing are so valuable in the fundamentals of children’s literacy and becoming an adult.

I really like Miller’s ideas on making reading more accessible.   Book recommendations are her thing!  She has quarterly book lists of recommendations that are generated by students, the librarian, and herself.   She will include recommendations in her newsletters and as well as her email signature.  Her goal and hope is to surround her students in reading possibilities.  She wants reading to become a norm and not an outlier.

As a future teacher I am excited to go through the discovery process with my students.   I want them to discover a new book they fall in love with, or discover something they read in a book that they can relate to or want to relate to.  Miller’s techniques on sharing these books with one another I think fostered the discovery process that kids love.