Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Karen James # 3 Sharing Your Reading
I really enjoyed the many ways the book discussed how teachers can share their reading. Student really do want to be like their teachers. By sharing your reading life students get sense of who you are and why reading is so important. Letting students see this side of teachers helps establish your classroom as a "reading world". It also provides that real world connection that sometimes gets lost in reading instruction. Student knows how important reading is to being successful with academics but do they know reading is fun! Modeling the joy reading brings will help students to see the pleasure in reading as well as the importance of reading.
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I remember telling my students about books that I was reading . . . not even realizing that by doing so, I was promoting reading. :) I love it when something we are already doing as teachers is validated! :) It also might be a good way to introduce students to different genres. Maybe they haven't read a genre that you love and would be willing to try a book . . . just because you like it. I can even imagine an anchor chart . . . "What Do We Read?" Students could add to it each day as they notice what they are reading . . . menus, bill boards, the Bible, etc. Sharing our reading life will definitely encourage and promote reading!
ReplyDeleteSharing your reading life is a great way to build community and enthusiasm among readers! How do you do this in your classroom, or what new ideas from this chapter did you want to try?
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