#WonderLead Christie here from west of Boston. Excited to #WonderChat about all things books tonight. Can't wait to share and learn from everyone! @Wonderopolis
Hello, everyone! My name is Paul W. Hankins. That "W" there stands for "Wonder." Not really. My middle name is "Wayne." Wonder Ambassador from southern Indiana (across the bridge from Louisville, KY). Excited for the conversation tonight. Settle in. . .here we go. #wonderchat
Hello, Stepahie. Hey. . .everyone. . .Stephanie is in our graduate course at Indiana University Southeast. She is a great addition to our class and provides great insight from her third graders. And she asks great questions. Natural wonder-er. #WonderChat
A1 Just read @RyanT_Higgins Mother Bruce to my K students today for the first round of our school's #MarchBookMadness tournament. They laughed hilariously from start to finish! A grumpy bear raising goslings is pure comedy! #WonderChat
A1 Then one of my first graders decided to start his prototype sketches for an even better underwater cam so he can help find what hasn't been seen before! That's what good books do! "How will I be different after reading this book?" @lester_laminack#WonderChat
A1: We loved City Dog Country Dog. Lots of "I wonder if the frog __" and "I think they ___" Love when a picture book elicits great discussion #WonderChat
A1 Just read @RyanT_Higgins Mother Bruce to my K students today for the first round of our school's #MarchBookMadness tournament. They laughed hilariously from start to finish! A grumpy bear raising goslings is pure comedy! #WonderChat
#Wonderchat A1: I am reading aloud Scar Island by @DanGemeinhart. A turn the page adventure! Cruelty, too. That starts interesting discussions. And I cried.
My own kids love that book! My daughter called my shirt “tacky” one day and I realized she learned that word from this book (but didn’t get the negative connotation)! 😂 #WonderChat
A1 Just read @RyanT_Higgins Mother Bruce to my K students today for the first round of our school's #MarchBookMadness tournament. They laughed hilariously from start to finish! A grumpy bear raising goslings is pure comedy! #WonderChat
A1: Bringing in secondary perspective tonight. It's TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE. Each year for the past fourteen years. You know it's coming, but we really hit that read-aloud with a purposeful slowness. We take our time. All of the feels. Rigor. . .is also about the feels. #WonderChat
A1: Testing the Ice was a book I loved to use to introduce some great non-fiction reading about Jackie breaking the color barrier. Powerful metaphor for the risk he took for the sake of others. #WonderChat
Nice. And I am going to see if we can get @kaaauthor to see your tweet so that you might be able to share her response with your students. Katherine? Are you out there, friend? #WonderChat
A1 It's been awhile, since I took a district & now consulting role, but Speak was the last one we all read that turned us inside out, in the best way.#wonderchat
A1 Since I am not in the classroom, I am wondering how many Ts have read @kwamealexander's Out of Wonder to their classes ? What was the reaction? #WonderChat
Nice. We actually have a wind-up Humpty Dumpty in #Room407. So, when we read that book, the music is in full-wind. It slows down with the climax of the book. If you can find one of these, it really adds something to the reading/read-aloud. #WonderChat
A1: Little Cat's Luck by @mdanebauer We read this while studying our poetry unit. The novel is written in verse. It was a great way to connect fiction and poetry. My Ss loved it so much they clapped at the end of the book! #WonderChat
A1 This is hard! The Book With No Pictures is always a good one to get them thinking and talking ! But I think the best books for a reaction are @The_Pigeon Pigeon books! And his Piggie&Elephant books! #WonderChat
And let's tag @halseanderson into the conversation tonight if she is out there. If you haven't seen the new graphic novel version of SPEAK, I highly recommend it. #WonderChat.
A1: We did fantasy booktalks last week at library, so got to share The Serpent's Secret by @Sayantani16; both ARC gave class & library copy were checked out right away! #wonderchat
I am also sharing poems from Poems to Learn by Heart by Caroline Kennedy. I have a few poems to share with my graduate class next week. Students are working hard #WonderChat
A1- The Bad Seed is another favourite of ours this year and we keep revisiting it. So many layers: teasing, negative self-talk, labels- and then a chance to visit the characters backstory- eliciting empathy from the reader- it really resonates with my students #WonderChat
A1 Kids always have such a great response to @storybreathing wordless picture book trilogy: Journey, Quest, Return. Read that to a group of 3rd grade Ss just today. #WonderChat
A2 Lots of turn and talk! Or as I learned from @ShannaBSchwartz Turn and question! The best part of reading is simmering in conversation around a great book! #WonderChat
If you loved WOLFIE THE BUNNY, be on the lookout for POE WON'T GO later this spring. Different author (@kellydipucchio). Same illustrator. Story is funny and has a nice "listen" message. Illustrations are priceless. Elephant causes a traffic jam. and won't move. Why? #WonderChat
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@MrsPageTurner, @WymansWonders, @RyanT_Higgins, @kellydipucchio
A2: For higher grades, give students the freedom to choose from lots of books and give them permission to switch if they aren't feeling it. Too many of us book nerds think it's a crime to not finish a book but that's a lot of pressure to put on our students. #WonderChat
Q2 I think books are an open invitation to wonder! I model my thinking/wondering by planting seeds of wonder throughout the book- simply saying, “ I wonder why.....?” and pause- give them time to wonder!! Some characters make us really wonder! #WonderChat
A2: Books also inspire critical examinations & questioning, so it's important to share complex, nuanced, thought provoking books like The 57 Bus w/ young people & give same to wonder #WonderChat
A1: Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges. My Ss were horrified at how Ruby was treated and amazed that she still got up every morning and went to school. As a teacher, I saw a difference in their attitude towards learning. #WonderChat
A2 I love that books can inspire #Wonder and support wonders. When possible, I try to choose books that have a related @Wonderopolis Wonder of The Day. Then when Ss say they want to learn more, we know who to turn to! #WonderChat
Even fair for elementary as they start chapter books, I encourage students to read a few pages before checkout, even turning to a random spot to see if it grabs their attention #WonderChat
A2: Books are the Wonder Stuff because they are stuffed with wonder. We must be open to them when we open them. With each page turn a new opportunity to know and to grow happens as we go. #WonderChat
A1: Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges. My Ss were horrified at how Ruby was treated and amazed that she still got up every morning and went to school. As a teacher, I saw a difference in their attitude towards learning. #WonderChat
A2: Books are the wonder. They unlock our imaginations. This is something I have been thinking about lately. How can I use books in my position to promote literacy and wonder from my position to support a culture of reading, wonder and curiosity. #WonderChat
A1-Each Kindness and It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk. We read both of these for #MarchBookMadness today . We had a 30 min impromptu convo about kindness. #WonderChat
A2: I like doing an activity w/ The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown to examine what we value, find important in daily life w/o wrong/right answer #WonderChat
A2: A book leaning up against the board can speak volumes. It calls out and makes Ss wonder. Books allow us to make connections and create more wonders. I jump on any chance I have to discuss books with my Ss. #WonderChat
A2 Subjects, topics, people, ideas, fictional characters that make kids want to read more--best way to inspire. Last week 6th gr Ss read about Louis Zamperini and then Jesse Owens. Ss discovered on their own that both were in the '36 Olympics. They begged 4 more #WonderChat
A2: I think it's super important you don't "script" books especially the read aloud. Kids wonder when they can dream through a book, not answer canned questions. Wonder comes from YOUR OWN questions as you read. #wonderchat#letkidsWONDER
Even fair for elementary as they start chapter books, I encourage students to read a few pages before checkout, even turning to a random spot to see if it grabs their attention #WonderChat
A2: I like doing an activity w/ The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown to examine what we value, find important in daily life w/o wrong/right answer #WonderChat
A2: Yes. The searchable feature of @Wonderopolis invites the teacher and the student to look into the over 2000 Wonders of the Day to find specific entries related to questions the readers might have. Sometimes, these can be directly-related. #WonderChat
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@WymansWonders, @Wonderopolis, @Wonderopolis
A1 I am a faithful listener of @MatthewWinner'sThe Children's Book podcast. He keeps me in the know of everything new & worth reading in children's books #WonderChat
A2: Books are the wonder. They unlock our imaginations. This is something I have been thinking about lately. How can I use books in my position to promote literacy and wonder from my position to support a culture of reading, wonder and curiosity. #WonderChat
I am so glad that you brought this book into the conversation. When working with secondary students, I have used this book to vet out with students what's really important to know about a subject before entering into a written response or writing task. #WonderChat
A2: Wonder happens for me when I fall in love with ideas I never imagined. Like when I was reading A Wrinkle in Time and I couldn't stop thinking about TIME TRAVEL! #wonderchat
A2: I think it's super important you don't "script" books especially the read aloud. Kids wonder when they can dream through a book, not answer canned questions. Wonder comes from YOUR OWN questions as you read. #wonderchat#letkidsWONDER
A3: I wonder which words have shaped each of us, words we've used to heal but also words we may have used to harm & how to change that, while reading The Word Collector by @peterhreynolds#WonderChat
A2: Yes. The searchable feature of @Wonderopolis invites the teacher and the student to look into the over 2000 Wonders of the Day to find specific entries related to questions the readers might have. Sometimes, these can be directly-related. #WonderChat
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@WymansWonders, @Wonderopolis, @Wonderopolis
A2 I think if the teacher shows that she/he is inspired by the tooic, then they themselves will become inspired. I don't think it takes kids much to wonder as long as we are providing them with the opportunity. #WonderChat
A2: Just as an example of books can cause wonder...after reading My Many Colored Days to Ss at #SiglerNation I came home and shared my day with Cooper (my son)...he had a project at school where he had to decorate a cereal box with a Seuss book...Guess what he chose? #WonderChat
Thank you :) That's fantastic! You can really tell that @DashkaSlater put so much work into framing subjects/people and ensuring we understood background (personal, social, political, geographic). It's an amazing mentor text #wonderchat
we shared this experience with some of our 5th grade teachers today. So many wonders, so little time! Even introduced @Wonderopolis to someone at the table who was not familiar. #wonderchat
I'm still here and I want to give a response to Q3, but you all are tweeting so earnestly (read "quickly"). I'm going back through the thread because I want to make a list too. By the way, lots of WONDER-ful guests in the thread tonight, friends. Wow! I'll be back. #wonderchat
we shared this experience with some of our 5th grade teachers today. So many wonders, so little time! Even introduced @Wonderopolis to someone at the table who was not familiar. #wonderchat
#Wrinkleintime (& rest of series) helped me think about so many big ideas & personal beliefs. It continues to provoke questions, wonder & imagination :) & spark action #wonderchat
Thanks so much for adding to the book club! I am going to announce the next book this week! Can't wait! And, I'll get better at pairing wonders of the day on them! #wonderchat
I'm back. A3: If you are getting ready to share THE GRAPES OF WRATH (or OUT OF THE DUST for middle grade), here is a Wonder of the Day: https://t.co/MqAfCy50UK This one would also work nicely with Rylant's SOMETHING PERMANENT. #wonderchat
A4 Spend time getting to know your Ss and their interests and Wonders. The only hook you need to reel in a reluctant reader is to honor THEIR interests and wonder(s), not just yours. There's a book for just about every interest and Wonder imaginable! #WonderChat
A1: I read Malala’s Magic Pencil to several classes, interesting discussions and my call to action to them to use their writing and words as a change agent #wonderchat
A4 Spend time getting to know your Ss and their interests and Wonders. The only hook you need to reel in a reluctant reader is to honor THEIR interests and wonder(s), not just yours. There's a book for just about every interest and Wonder imaginable! #WonderChat
A4 Book Blessings. Hold up a book, tell a little about it, show some of the good pictures and then...put it back on the shelf. The race will be on to be the first to get that book! #WonderChat
A4 Student choice and voice help engage even the most reluctant readers. They are more likely to read & discuss shared texts when they have some time to read whatever they want. And I mean whatever they want. #wonderchat
A3: We could all help our ss like Genie in As Brave as You keep track of questions in a notebook & celebrate the process of asking questions (and do it ourselves, too) #WonderChat
A4: book menu/speed dating with books. Students can sample several books or series quickly. Less overwhelming than the shelf, okay to put it back if you don’t like it! #wonderchat
A1: I read Malala’s Magic Pencil to several classes, interesting discussions and my call to action to them to use their writing and words as a change agent #wonderchat
A4 Hand over the read aloud to your most reluctant reader. The child feels special and you modeled what reading should sound like and feel like so they can enter the book with confidence. #WonderChat
A4: Right book, right reader, and right time. All three can be met when we know a variety of titles and can point these readers to resources that might even be outside of our room. Offer the first book. Invite a library visit for the rest of the trilogy, for example. #wonderchat
A4: I think kids who are reluctant need lots of ways to think about reading! Like books ,pictures, photographs, podcast, videos! Just lots and lots of ways to get excited about talking, thinking, dreaming, and wondering about the world. Reading is bigger than books. #wonderchat
A4: To engage reluctant readers I engage with and get to know the reader. When I do, I match a book to them. You have to be interested in your kids and care about them for them to take a book from you. #WonderChat
Q4 The first thing I do to engage reluctant readers is to tell them how much I struggled to learn how to read. I explain the challenges that I had. Then, I ask them if they would rather do a picture walk before they try to start reading the book. #wonderchat
A4- We talk about how reading makes us powerful and opens up our worlds- we talk about ourselves as readers from day 1- and we tell stories in a variety of ways so everyone can be successful- we sing them, film them,draw them, retell them, anything to spark the love #WonderChat
A4: Wise words from our Ambassador, Jacqueline Woodson: "What they read shouldn’t matter & how they read it shouldn’t matter..just so long as they can have conversations & have a deep understanding of & a deep love for what they’re reading.” https://t.co/sTLTHrGC4L#WonderChat
A4: When working with the "reluctant" reader, we might work to be a little more "resistant" to being the quick answer to a/the student's wonder or inquiry. Is there a book that might answer that question or satisfy that curiosity? #wonderchat
A4 Get to know what that S’s interests are first. They have to be able to connect to books. We need to talk to them about their reading- not just question them about it. Let them show you their thinking! Letting them choose their books is important, too! #WonderChat
A4 Book Blessings. Hold up a book, tell a little about it, show some of the good pictures and then...put it back on the shelf. The race will be on to be the first to get that book! #WonderChat
A4: book menu/speed dating with books. Students can sample several books or series quickly. Less overwhelming than the shelf, okay to put it back if you don’t like it! #wonderchat
And this get me thinking that not only do teachers need to write, but they also need to read. We need to stay up to date with books that will be right just down the road for our Ss so we are ready to make recs. #WonderChat
A4: Knowing my Ss and what they wonder about & are interested in is key. Book recommendations on our class @padlet help others see what books their classmates are reading. We are always talking about books. Always. Spark the interest. #WonderChat
Thank for saying this! We often need to dig deeper, to be more curious abt ss, what they love/care about/formats that will engage them as individuals. If they haven't found way to love books yet, then it's up to us to find them #WonderChat
A4 The first thing I do to engage reluctant readers is to tell them how much I struggled to learn how to read. I explain the challenges that I had. Then, I ask them if they would rather do a picture walk before they try to start reading the book. #wonderchat
ABSOLUTELY. Because I am doing a poetry-based, multigenre project with my #Room407 students, I am up to my elbows in books about James Castle. And, I am learning about wheat paste, bone folders, and spit drawing. I'm basically a wonder-machine. #WonderChat
I love going to used book sales and troll the kids section with particular students in mind. Come Monday morning they are stunned I picked up books just for them! #WonderChat
A4: It is my hope as we expose students to a variety of texts and topics, something will spark a wonder or interest. I have used the sports page a few times to simply show students they can read something they are interested in. #WonderChat
My kids LOVE this book. They get so involved- yelling at the characters to dig the other way and then smacking their foreheads when they don't listen- it's amazing!! #WonderChat
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@jenjmcdonough, @Candlewick, @macbarnett, @burstofbeaden
A4 Be crazy obnoxious about sharing compelling, beguiling titles. Lots of them. Share a little about the book, read a knock 'em dead excerpt and then watch kids line up to read. #wonderchat
I love going to used book sales and troll the kids section with particular students in mind. Come Monday morning they are stunned I picked up books just for them! #WonderChat
A5: Not to teach but personally, King's Dark Tower series and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy for the same reason: both authors create a vast world and hint about things that are never fully explained which is SO fun to wonder about! #WonderChat
A5: #Wrinkleintime feels super important to me, resonated as a kid to show I was enough as me, that evil could be defeated thru light & even more now w/ film out this week! #WonderChat
Love multigenre projects! Working on multimodal compositions in my doctoral class right now & I've been thinking about how to add this into the secondary/college mix. #wonderchat
There is so much happening in that book. We notice something new every single time we read it and now it has to be at least 20 times!!! @lethajhenry#wonderchat
My kids LOVE this book. They get so involved- yelling at the characters to dig the other way and then smacking their foreheads when they don't listen- it's amazing!! #WonderChat
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@jenjmcdonough, @Candlewick, @macbarnett, @burstofbeaden
A5: Not fair #WonderChat. I can not stick to one, so here goes: The Hate U Give opens important conversations. Blankets and This One Summer = graphic novels with heart. Long Way Down = creates empathy.
We'll talk. I am working on codifying how all of this works this year so that it can become a year-long inquiry project with most of the content finished in first semester and concept work happening in the second. #WonderChat
A5 Cynthia Rylant’s “An Angel for Solomon Singer” is a book I can read and read and wonder something new each time!! I’m a huge @The_Pigeon fan!! “Pigeon Wants a Puppy” is my favorite!#WonderChat
A5 I'm a K teacher, so I gotta go with The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Most Ss know this story by heart, it never gets old, and it's one of the first books you'll see early readers and wanna-be readers actively engaged with. #WonderChat
A5: I love to help students get hooked on a series or author, gives them an immediate book to move to next.
I loved the American Girl series growing up (and eventually got a doll too!) #wonderchat
A5: Can't be a coincidence that The Snowy Day & A Wrinkle in Time won their respective Caldecott & Newbery awards the same year, continuing to spark wonder, curiosity, & exploration for generations to come #WonderChat
A5 Only to teach in college, not HS, but I absolutely ADORE the beautiful prose in The Little Paris Bookshop by @nina_george. I dragged out finishing this book because it was so beautiful to read. #wonderchat
A5 OMG, too many to choose just one, but I just finished Greetings from Witness Protection by @JBurtBooks a few weeks ago. I loved it because it was a novel idea for a middle grade book and the protagonist was delightfully cheeky. If you haven't read it, you must. #wonderchat
A5
Thank you, Mr. Faulker
As a student I struggled to learn to read. This book gives children hope that they can eventually figure it out. It also makes me think about and appreciate the great teachers I know who go over and beyond for students. #wonderchat
A5 Picture book fav--If You Plant a See by @KadirNelson Unbelievably simple, yet profound. So many good conversations come from reading that book and it's a message we so desperately need right now. #WonderChat
A5: Skyjumpers by @PeggyEddleman This is a book that has taken some of my most reluctant readers on an adventure they couldn't turn away from. Ss can easily connect with and relate with the characters. It creates wonders about what the future will be like! #WonderChat
A6 Fiction teaches empathy, character, relationships, universal theme, diction, syntax, style...the list is endless! My Ss loved fiction more than nonfiction, so I had the reverse problem -- getting them interested in info text. #wonderchat
Yes, Mr. Arend! Very nice. This makes me think of a poem from @amylvpoemfarm's READ READ READ about reading the newspaper. As a young reader, I would often lay out my "sections" on the living room floor to read. Usually Arts & Entertainment and Comics and the PARADE. #WonderChat
A4: It is my hope as we expose students to a variety of texts and topics, something will spark a wonder or interest. I have used the sports page a few times to simply show students they can read something they are interested in. #WonderChat
A4: choice choice choice - make connections- share my non reader childhood - read to them with inflection- connect with librarian - audiobooks - find their love #WonderChat#shenroom21
A6: The best new tradition I have to inspire a love of fiction is to share the books I've read with my class- I post the cover on my door- they curl up somewhere comfortable and I tell them all about the story- they are some of our favourite times #WonderChat
A6: I want ss to read widely & wildly w/ freedom & choice, to find worlds that defy possibilities & spark their imagination & to critically examine our world & their place in it. I'd like fiction & informational texts to be friends & support ss' reading lives #WonderChat
A5 Love the creativity that birthed Artists, Writers, Thinkers, Dreamers: Portraits of Fifty Famous Folks & All Their Weird Stuff by @gulliverhancock Amazing visual biographies #WonderChat
Which of the Js wrote this question? Dear friends #WonderChat friends.Thank you for being here. Please know that it was NOT Paul who wrote the "favorite book" question. Repeat: It was NOT Paul (he would never. . .ever. . .ask you). Wait. What is it though? Your favorite book.
Makes me miss the newspaper days! Took a similar approach with some boys who were nuts about basketball. We studying the statistics on the back of basketball cards to learn some basic math facts and determine who the students believed the best player of all time is! #wonderchat
A6: NF offers chances for our Ss to make real life connections while fiction offers up the ability to connect & empathize with characters. Exposing our students to both genres and offering choice is key! Show Ss what they are missing in the other genres. #WonderChat
I know you already know to get these readers onto @kwamealexander's THE CROSSOVER. BTW: Mr. Hankins just finished REBOUND (the prequel to THE CROSSOVER) this weekend. And, yes, you'll really want this book too. #WonderChat
In reply to
@matthew_arend, @amylvpoemfarm, @kwamealexander
A6 This is an amazing time in #KidLit! Fiction can capture your imagination, too, taking you to places you've never been, introducing you to people you'd never meet otherwise. #WonderChat@thelivbits
A6 I think they are both equally valuable 🤗. A great fiction book allows you to connect to a character and slip into the story with them❤️. Reading is connecting and feeling❤️. This is what a good fiction book can do! #WonderChat
Whatever it takes! Graphic novels & sports books had a whole section of my classroom & that's where most of my boys started. Then, they'd venture out once they were more comfortable. #wonderchat
In reply to
@matthew_arend, @PaulWHankins, @amylvpoemfarm
A2: Model, share with excitement, capture their attention, read reviews, find book trailers and have them come up with their own wonders for the story. #WonderChat#shenroom21
A1: In our quest to read about fascinating people in history, today we couldn't get enough of Teddy Roosevelt & John Muir. Between history & geography, the kids lrnd abt being naturalists. I see some Teddy Roosevelt kid-written bks in the works now. #WonderChat
A6 Pairing fiction books with great nonfiction selections really helps kids make the leap if they're reluctant. I haven't always been a huge fiction fan, but reading text sets I've chosen for myself helps me to try out new fiction titles. #wonderchat
I am an echo of your great teaching and shares. Let me tag you into the #WonderChat tonight. Friends, this is @ProfessorNana. Much of what I have learned about MG/YA (books in general) and how to share them I have learned from her outstanding work.
