Connie R. Hebert

As a literacy team in the elementary school, the challenge of helping struggling readers is constantly a topic of discussion. What can we do? What can we do? Herbert, a well-known speaker provides a volume of 40 recommended ideas in three categories: motivating readers, strategies to build skills, and ideas for adults reflecting on what’s happening. If I were a librarian meeting with the literacy team, I’d purchase two copies of this book, cut it apart into the40 idea 3-4 page ideas and distribute one or several to the team. Then, we’d have a short read pair share activity to see if we could discover ideas that we have tried but could refine, ideas we need to test, and strategies we need to employ as we reflect on our work. We recommend such books because they contain brief pithy ideas that can be implemented immediately. It’s like going to a profession conference presentation but doing it at home.… (mer)