#wildreading Twitter Chat

This evening, Teri Lesesne and Katherine Sokolowski hosted a #wildreading Twitter chat with Donalyn Miller, author of The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild.  Twitter chats often seem to fall right in the middle of our bedtime routine, and I notice that they are happening 45 minutes in.  As part of my Strong OLW, I am trying to build stronger connections and expand my PLN.  Tonight's #wildreading chat I marked on my calendar, prepared dinner early, and decided Big B and Little C could stay up late.  It was such a passion-filled, fast-paced hour!  I thought I would share ten tweets that affirmed and stretched my thinking.

research says we get 3 chances to match kid to book before they don't ask us any more. must work to find right books. #wildreading
— Teri Lesesne (@ProfessorNana) January 13, 2014

@PaddyHillReads More read alouds! More book talks! Shorter goals Series help me with kids who abandon a lot. Becomes the plans. #wildreading
— Donalyn Miller (@donalynbooks) January 13, 2014

Students share recommendations like a staff picks shelf. #wildreading pic.twitter.com/1hN72TWK2K
— Donalyn Miller (@donalynbooks) January 13, 2014

Read Aloud across grades, all the way up. Even older Ss benefit from (and love) being read to and talking together. #wildreading
— Christopher Lehman (@iChrisLehman) January 13, 2014

Do you guys ever take 5 minutes just to stop and talk books with your Ss? No structure, just talk? It's phenomenal. #wildreading
— Brian Wyzlic (@brianwyzlic) January 13, 2014

I am mindful to never place one book in front of a child. Even if it's a good fit, I took away a choice. #wildreading
— Donalyn Miller (@donalynbooks) January 13, 2014

HABIT 2: Classroom library remains unleveled. As Regie Routman says, levels are for guided reading and that's it. #wildreading
— Dylan Teut (@dylanteut) January 13, 2014

Our 'morning work' is reading and shopping for books. Really sets the tone for what is important! #wildreading
— Laura Komos (@LauraKomos) January 13, 2014

H4: I have reading plans but I change them all the time. Trying to figure out what that means for my kids. #wildreading
— Franki Sibberson (@frankisibberson) January 13, 2014

Habit 5: My students often have habits and don't realize it! We graph (thanks, Donalyn) the books we read to discover them. #wildreading
— Katherine Sokolowski (@katsok) January 13, 2014

The tweets were flying fast in this chat!  I will definitely be going back to the archives.

As an added bonus, I figured out how to embed a Tweet into a blog post and tried a new tool for participating in chats TweetChat.

Annie