Chad Williams is the curator of Beyond leveled Books. He is a primary teacher from Saskatoon, and teaches pre-service teachers in the Department of Curriculum Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. He facilitates PD sessions locally, provincially, and nationally for teachers, and parents in literacy and mathematics.
"If we teach a child to read but fail to develop a desire to read, we will have created a skilled nonreader, a literate illiterate."
"Interest trumps reading level"
"Kids should be encouraged to read whatever interests them to help develop a lifelong love of reading, rather than stressing out whether a books is 'the right level.'"
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