Attention Middle School Teachers!

I am looking for a few “words of wisdom” for a presentation I am doing this week.  If you are a middle school teacher who uses read alouds in their classroom, I’d love to hear your thoughts/comments.

1. Why do you read to your middle schoolers?

2. How do you choose your read aloud material?

Thanks so much!

I’m Presenting at NCTE in November!!!

I am thrilled, thrilled, thrilled to say that I learned today I will be presenting at NCTE in November!  My speech, entitled “Read to Me, Please! Why We Must Share Read-Alouds in the Middle School Classroom” will be part of a panel called “Engaging Middle School Students through Read Alouds and a Focus on Process, Craft, and Genre“.  The level of interest is 6th-8th grade.    

So if you are at NCTE in Philly this November, come see me!  I hope you will join me on Sunday morning for session L.23!