Quote: "Once students become fluent readers, the focus shifts to helping them develop reading stamina, or the strength to read silently for increasingly longer periods of time. (Tompkins 212)"
Comment: While reading the comment above, I thought of the importance of teaching the continuance of learning. We are never done learning. There is always something new we can learn or something we can improve. Just as students can improve their reading skills by learning to read for longer periods of time and silently, they can also improve on other skills. As teachers we can be examples to our students of how to continue learning. If we display a passion for learning our students may also need develop a passion for it. As a teacher we are not only teaching particular skills but we are also developing the lifelong skill of learning.
Question: How can we be examples of life-long learners to our students? How can our classroom and our classroom environment help promote the love of learning to our students?
As we. as teachers, are life-long learners, I think it is important to show our students in what ways we are learning. If we watch a documentary and learn something interesting- we should share. If we go to a museum, visit a historic site, learn a new knitting trick, we should share. If our students see that we continue to learn, even after schooling, and that we find it exciting, they will be more likely to have a positive attitude toward always learning. As Dr. Wimmer has suggested, we should bring in our own books to class and share what we are reading. The students will see that we actually implement the things we learn at school, and that we enjoy them. As we are enthusiastic about learning and show it's influence and application in everyday life, our students will be more likely to follow our examples and strive to become life-long learners.
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