GAINING INTEREST IN READING! By: Aly Robertson STARTER TIPS:  Create an Interest Inventory   Provide Materials   Teach them to count 100 consecutive words and read the passage- if.

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GAINING
INTEREST IN
READING!
By: Aly Robertson
STARTER TIPS:
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Create an Interest Inventory
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Provide Materials
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Teach them to count 100 consecutive words and read the
passage- if they can struggle with 3 or more errors- its too
hard.
Create a reading log that is fun!
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Have in class materials readily available for checkout.
Teach Students how to select books
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Identifies the kinds/topics of books they like to read.
Mobile, worm, space ships
Set up an award system that is fun!
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You’ll get _____ if you read _______ books.
CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENT
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World of Books
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Have a map where kids can mark where there stories take
place with a push pin or something
Library Corner with variety of materials
Students can go here at certain times of the day
 Text and non texts; fiction and non fiction
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Reading Tub/Chair for special individuals
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Listening Stations
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Rocking chair, overstuffed pillow, bean bag, etc
listen to books on tape
Monthly Topics
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Display of books, posters, and pictures about a particular
topic each month that the students can choose to learn more
about.
TEACHER INPUT
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Objects:
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Book Lists
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Everyone in the classroom reads silently for _____ mins.
Read Aloud
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Create a board of books that students might enjoy reading
Sustained Silent Reading
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Bring in an object that introduces a book or series of stories
Read parts of stories aloud to gain interest then stop at an
interesting or exciting part of book
Conferences
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Teachers discuss books and writing with each student
INVOLVEMENT WITH OTHERS
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Book Master Questions:
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Speakers
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Read interesting parts of your book to your partner
Interview
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Groups reading about similar topics can discuss what they are
learning
Read to Younger Kids
Buddy Reading
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Ask parents and other community members to come share
information about their work or hobbies, etc.
Book Discussions
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Prepare questions about popular books for students to answer
Choose a topic from their book and interview others about it
Notes by Students
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Write notes about a book they are reading/just read where other
students can read
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
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Demonstrate
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Bags of Books
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Use words or pictures to construct a collage about your book
Book Jackets
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Students have brown bag, decorate them, and fill them with
items to represent their book
Collage
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Allow students to demonstrate or talk about something they
learned about while reading.
Create a new book jacket for your book
How-to Book
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Read a few how-to’s and then have the students create their
own about anything they want.
GROUP ASSIGNMENTS
Mobiles
 Place mats
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Illustrate sequence of events, main idea, characters, setting, etc
Bedtime story
 Cartoon
 Greeting Cards
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Create and design a greeting card that characters might have sent
to each other
Travel Folders
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After reading a story about a particular location, they can write
about weather, animals, hotels, etc.
IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
Book Marks
 Advice Column
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Announcement
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Create a class advice column and students can write
questions to each and advice
Write an announcement for an event in their storybirthday, Christmas, etc.
Awards
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Write and design awards for something/someone in their
book
Bumper Stickers
 Crossword
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Use words from one certain book or a combination/variety of
books
ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT
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Acting
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Pantomime/Charades
Book Parade
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Report a story as though it were happening today
Reading shirts
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Students dress up as a character from their book and tell the
class about their book
Puppets
Games/create a game like Jeopardy
Newscast
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Students role play part of the class read story
Wear shirts with their favorite passage on the back. Students go
around reading about books and pick 5 they’d like to read after
class
Weather Forecast
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Write own weather forecast for the week
SPECIAL SEGMENTS
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Popular Music:
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Movies
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Study ads in magazines and newspapers- create own
Epitaphs
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Present a commercial to “sell their book” & Video tape it
Ads
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Read books that have movies that coincide with book. Discuss
similarities and differences
Commercials:
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Study lyrics of songs and their meanings, study musicians,
discuss characteristics of musical style
Design a gravestone
Tongue Twisters
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Write your own tongue twister & use alliteration
WRITING
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Diaries
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Directions
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What did you like about book? Any questions about
book/author?
Mystery
Myth
Story Extensions
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“Once upon a time…” + magic + “They lived happily ever after”
Letter to author
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write a story teaching a lesson or moral
Fairy Tales
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getting one place to another or how-to
Fables
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character might have kept
What happens after the book ends?
Tall Tales
Write books