Wondrous Words

For my book club I chose to read the book Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom by Kate Wood Ray. In looking in the reviews for this book I saw nothing but positive feedback. A first time teacher explained how amazed she was by how much this book changed and improved her concept of teaching writing. As someone who in a couple years will be a first time teacher, her comment really influenced me on choosing this book. And I hope this book can help me as much as it did her. Another reason why I chose this book because a different review made this comment: “Katie Wood Ray has made a very readable, very usable book to help teachers teach students to ‘read like writers.”  The very readable comment almost sold me to this book. For this assignment I wanted something I could easily understand, not a book I had to evaluate every line. Also I didn’t quite understand what it meant by “read like writers,” so I’m interested to read the book and find out. As well as having great written reviews, this book got 5 out of 5 stars, rated by mainly those in the teaching field. So it must be a great, informative read. I also chose this book because if I do end up finding this book helpful, Kate Wood Ray has written other books that are probably just as helpful that I can read as well. Therefore he teachings don’t just end with me at this book, I can continue to grow as a teacher with her other books.