Reading In the Wild

So far in my reading of “Reading in the Wild”, I am really enjoying the different examples that Donalyn Miller includes to help with the topic she is explaining. I feel like is gives a better view into the minds of young people and the way they view reading, but it also helps us as future teachers grasp how to teach reading. I also think it is a vital point that reading at school, and not just expecting your students to read at home is a huge things teachers should take away from this book. I work with second graders in an after school program, and if we didn’t “force” them to read for at least 20min a day, I know for a fact they wouldn’t. So that being said I believe that it’s important to have students read as much as possible. I think that because I wasn’t a reader as a child, and would only read books that I was forced to read or that my mom read, I am most excited to teach reading in a way that is fun. I think that incentives are huge, and they make kids want to reach the fun prize. So that is something that I can really use to my advantage. I am also interested in helping students reach goals and to help improve understanding. However I am most afraid that even if I make reading fun, there will still be students who simply refuse to read. As a teacher, especially a new one, this could really stress me out because literacy is such a huge deal in the school system.