Readicide

The Book Whisperer

Recording Dates

The Elephant in the Room - over emphasis on testing

6. Cutting the Teacher Strings

27 September 2017

Endangered Minds - students need large doses of authentic reading (newspapers, magazines, etc)

 5. Walking the Walk

13 September 2017

Avoiding the Tsunami - over analysis of books

3. There’s a Time and a Place

30 August 2017

Finding the “sweet spot” of instruction - balance of freedom and support

4. Reading Freedom

6 September 2017

Ending Readicide - conclusion/testing

7. Letting Go

11 October 2017

Appendix A: 101 Books My Reluctant Readers Love to Read

2. Everybody’s a Reader

23 August 2017

Appendix B: Book of the Month Form

3.

30 August 2017

Appendix C: One Pagers (activities)

3.

30 August 2017

Appendix D: Hard Talk Checklist (is your school on the way to readicide)

There and Back Again - changes she made loosely

16 August 2017