Welcome to our daily post with writing prompts!
For those new to Share a Story, for the past several years we have included Writing @ Reading as a way to complement and encourage everyone to participate in this annual blog tour. Each day, we will pose a few questions related to the day's mini-themes. You can write a new post or contribute an old favorite.
By participating in Writing @ Reading, you not only share your wisdome and ideas, but you also bring visitors to your blog. Last but not least, you're also entered in our contest to win a set of the
2012 Multicultural Books Collection for your school or public library. The collection, created and donated by
Reading is Fundamental, includes 45 titles ... in celebration of its 45th anniversary.
Today's questions are designed to complement the theme
Creating a Reading Culture at Home and School, hosted by Donalyn Miller at
The Book Whisperer blog. As you'll see in today's collection of posts, we're not just talking about elementary or dormant readers.
- Use a Twitter model (i.e., 140 characters) to explain what reading in school was like for you. Ditto reading at home.
- When did you realize you were a reader ... was it a book? a teacher? an experience?
- Image post ... Share a picture of what your ideal / favorite reading space look like.
Our goal with the questions is to reach new places for sharing our reading and literacy experiences and ideas, and we'd love to include your voice, too. Here's how it works ...
1. Select the question(s) that resonates with you.
2. Find an old post or write a new one that answers the question. [Be sure to grab a Share a Story button from the sidebar to include in your new post!]
3. Add your post as a comment.
4. (optional) Tweet about your post and include @ShareaStory or the #SAS-12 hashtag.
We'll be adding links for the questions all week, so there's no rush to have an answer the same day a question is posted ... unless you are entering a book giveaway contest.
[image credit: Share a Story Logo created by author/illustrator
Elizabeth Dulemba.]
Welcome to the best Monday in March! We are so glad you are joining us for Share a Story - Shape a Future 2012.
If you're new to our annual blog tour, we invite you to look around. For each of our four years we've picked one over-arching theme for the week. Then, all week long, bloggers gather to share ideas and recommendations on one facet of that theme.
Looking at it as a flower may help. One bloom comprises multiple petals, a stem, and leaves ... all necessary pieces to the beautiful blossom we enjoy.
Okay, let's get on with the show!
Our theme this year is the Culture of Reading, and Donalyn Miller kick-starts our event by talking about Creating a Reading Culture. She and her guests will explain what a "reading culture" is, and offer ways to encourage kids to read more at home and school, as well as across age groups.
Here's what's on tap today ...
Creating a Reading Culture at Home by Donalyn Miller @ The Book Whisperer
Parents often ask teachers and librarians for tips on how to encourage their children to read more at home. The conditions that foster lifelong reading habits in children are remarkably robust and apply to both home and school reading. Continue reading ...
Building a Reading Culture in the Secondary Classroom by Sarah Mulhern @ The Reading Zone
I have an obsession with reading. Some might say that is an unhealthy obsession (my husband is reminding me that our house is a fire hazard), but I disagree. I can’t imagine my life without reading, so I make it my mission to share that love with the students at my high school. Continue reading ...
Reading Culture and Preservice Teachers by Kristin McIlhagga @ Children's Literature Crossroads
As I was getting ready to write this, I decided to reread the Share a Story, Shape a Future website. What stood out to me particularly about the topic of A Reading Culture was the idea of stretching and pushing thinking about the concept beyond an elementary setting. I was excited about this because I’ve been thinking quite a lot about creating a reading culture with the students in my children’s literature and young adult literature course. Continue reading ...
Building a Classroom Reading Culture by Cynthia Alaniz @ Teaching in Cute Shoes
Cynthia has two recent posts that I think you'll love ... and which are both perfect fits for today's mini-theme. In
4 Comments on Donalyn Miller Opens Share a Story 2012, last added: 3/6/2012
Oh, apparently I've been in my own world and didn't realize it was here already! Do you want us to add our posts on this site or the sites hosting for the day?
Hi Melissa, I know how you feel ...<br /><br />Feel free to add on the host site or here ... I'll pick them all up and add to this post at some point!
Ack! For Writing about Reading, all the posts need to come here so I can date/stamp them!<br /><br />Sorry 'bout that.