The Forty Book Challenge

Here are some photos that I took of my students at the end of the school year. They were very proud to take the Forty Book Challenge. Many of them met the challenge. Some did not, but they read more than they ever thought possible. They became wild readers. That is what is most important. After reading Donalyn Miller's Book Reading in the Wild, I felt inspired to take the Forty Book Challenge and to use some of her ideas to share with my class this year. It has been a great journey. In addition to Donalyn's book, I used many ideas from Abydos Reading Week. These book are based on solid classroom research.

40 Book Challenge Student Reflections

Today I began my 40 Book Challenge Video Reflection Series. During the week, I will interview my students to get their reflections about the 40 Book Challenge. It has been a wonderful journey with my wild readers. 

Wild Readers Revised

I will be posting more video's of my class this year. I have about 3-4 more students to add. For some reason, when I went to edit my video tonight on Stupeflix, some section's of last night's video became null and void. I don't know why. Perhaps the video snippet was too long. Whatever the case, I decided to go ahead and post what I have. Since it is a tad different from last night, I won't replace it on last night's post. I have been speaking to my students about video production and it is a part of the composing process. Today I shared with them the video production process and revision. I thought it would be a good idea to post the video, as I get it finished, so they could see this like the writing process. Have a gander. There will be more to come.

When I showed them the video from last night's post, their eye lit up. They very much enjoyed sharing their reading accomplishments with a wider audience.

Wild Readers

I made a video about my students. They are proud of the amount of reading that they have accomplished the first month and a half of  school.  I plan on revising this video very soon. I need to add a few more students. We ran out of time on last Friday when I was collecting the data and media. I wanted to get it produced to show it to my students. I know they will be thrilled to see themselves celebrated with all their wild reading. The numbers aren't as important as the fact that they love to read and explore the different authors and books. I am proud of them. I would like to track their reading adventures once a month to track. In the next video, they will talk about the books they recommend and are currently reading. Stay tuned!