My neighbors, Tom and Carolyn, recently sent their youngest son, Patrick, off to college. I can still see Patrick as an eight-year-old playing in the backyard with the family dog and cat. In a mere four years, he will be graduating from college and looking for his first teaching job.
As we were talking about Patrick’s new life at college, Tom mentioned that each and every day, without fail, as Patrick was heading off to school, he would ask him, “What’s the magic word?” Patrick would reply, “Read.”
As teachers, we are privileged to share with our students the “magic” that comes through reading. Reading informs our students, takes them to places—real and imagined—both near and far, and introduces them to a host of unforgettable characters.
Each time I read a book to or with my third graders, I always try to give them some type of background information about the author. My students really seem to enjoy learning about the person “behind” the story. They are often delighted (and surprised) to find out the author is a “real” person, just like them!
Originally posted by Mary-Eileen Rufkahr at Divine Caroline.
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I love that he asked his son, "What's the magic word" and the son replied "read"! I am going to start asking him that soon (he's almost 2
). He loves to be read to many times each day. It makes me so happy to see, as I loved books when I was a child and I always say they saved my life 
. Books are the best!!! 