Kelly Gallagher

Kelly Gallagher on the "Teach Me Teacher" podcast sees his first job as an English teacher to be...

• A reader

• A learner

• An encourager

• A researcher

Kelly Gallagher explains that lit. circles can be scary because...

• Students can be opinionated

• You need lots of books

• They typically happen around Halloween

• It involves the teacher releasing control

According to Kelly Gallagher, students lose something when...

• Adults are the only ones forming questions about texts in class

• They don't read enough

• They don't read with both print and digital

• They cannot find their book

"when we deny students the opportunity to read long, complex works, we are starving a part of their brains, and ...producing kids ...who can read but who cannot get below the surface..."

• Frederick Douglass

• Malcolm X

• Kelly Gallagher

  "Readicide"

• W.E.B.

  DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

Students can 'read' but when it comes time to think deeply about what they have read, they have difficulty diving below the surface.

• Frederick Douglass

• Malcolm X

• Kelly Gallagher

  Readicide

• W.E.B.

  DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

Students are not partaking in those critical activities that stretch and deepen their brains, Instead, they often gravitate to those behaviors that offer instant gratification.

• Frederick Douglass

• Malcolm X

• Kelly Gallagher

  Readicide

• W.E.B.

  DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

"...marched from activity to activity, even the schedule of the day doesn't allow time for anyone to reflect."

• Frederick Douglass

• Malcolm X

• Kelly Gallagher

  "Readicide"

• W.E.B.

  DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

If we want our students to be complex thinkers, they need to be challenged to read long, complex texts.

• Frederick Douglass

• Malcolm X

• Kelly Gallagher

  "Readicide"

• W.E.B.

  DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

In 38 of 41 studies, students given free reading time did as well or better in reading comprehension tests than students given traditional skill-based reading instruction

• Frederick Douglass

• Malcolm X

• Kelly Gallagher

  "Readicide"

• W.E.B.

  DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

if those students who enter schools linguistically impoverished...do not read extensively, they will never catch up.

• Frederick Douglass

• Malcolm X

• Kelly Gallagher

  "Readicide"

• W.E.B.

  DuBois

• Booker T. Washington