Classroom Management and Student Motivation

Celebrated teacher and author Donalyn Miller subscribes to a simple dictum: Students who read more tend to perform better on assessments and have better career outcomes. author of The Book Whisperer and the just-published Reading in the Wild—will discuss specific classroom and schoolwide strategies educators can use to build students' self-efficacy in reading and help them internalize strong literacy habits She'll explain how giving kids opportunities and tools to read widely and deeply can help them gain competency and develop the close-reading skills they'll need in college and careers. Looking broadly at students' reading lives, she'll also address ways to bridge school- and home-reading environments.