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