Hello Fellow Readers,

I wanted to say that I've really enjoyed this latest round of blogs. You are all becoming such accomplished bloggers and the variety of your reading choices amazes me!

I have a confession to make. I did not read a fiction book this time around. I saw a book and judged it by its cover - gasp! I saw the cover below and realized the author (Kylene Beers) was a professor I had in my teaching program in college. She was a favorite as I progressed through my coursework and so I just had to see what she had to say about guiding students to read closely and about how to assist them in making meaningful connections to the books in their reading lives. I will not go into the nuts and bolts of her advice; however, I will share one idea I hope to use in my teaching with all of you. She has developed some "signposts" that readers should be taught to notice and when they spot these points in the text, she provides some powerful questions to use as reflection points. Look for my talk on these signposts soon!

Keep reading Cougars!