Description
Reading for pleasure leads to improved reading comprehension, writing skills, vocabulary development, spelling, and grammar usage. So how do you instill a love of reading for the sake of reading? How do you get kids excited about the actual act of experiencing stories and reading text?
Shannon Anderson has discovered many ways to spark excitement for getting and reading books during her 25 years of teaching at the elementary level. Explore over 20 strategies you can use to spark a love of reading for years to come in your classroom, library, or home!
In this 1-hour course, you will learn:
- How to pique students’ reading interests
- How to help students become engaged in reading
- How to support students with reading difficulties
- Exciting strategies to inspire a lifelong love for reading
Thomas – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course
Linda – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course offers different ways Reading can be fun for students. It takes you away from the boring everyday reading class into a hands-on approach to Reading.
Zainab – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
great ideas for the whole year in order to encourage reading- both campus and classroom wide.
Ana – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the speaker and examples provided.
Alma – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great ideas
Adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I think it’s a great video for librarians as well as teachers.
Renee – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed hearing all her ideas. You can tell by her voice how she loved everything she spoke about
Rebecca – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I found this course to be very informative.
Carlos – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very creative good ideas from the presenter.
April – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course had many different ideas on how to increase student reading.
Sylvia – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great suggestions to pick and choose from.
Ethan – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –
I love Shannon and all of her courses. This was great to see that I have been doing some of these in my classroom, but also gave me some new ideas to use.
esmeralda – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was excellent. It was direct, explicit, specific, and provided the resources that were discussed.
Arnold – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very helpful in learning new and engaging ways to get kids interested in reading.
Stephenie – BLANCHESTER LOCAL (verified owner) –
This a great session for elementary. Not as useful for high school teachers.
Maricela – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Awesome ideas!
Yesenia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very information course. Gives you many ideas that could be used in the classroom.
Charla – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas!!
Deborah – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It gave me great ideas for my classroom.
Jordan – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
very good ideas
Channelle – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I think this course was amazing and was very informative.
Ayat – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Providing students with high-value, interesting, and engaging material will yield better results. Make sure the content is relatable so students can develop a passion for what you’re teaching them.
Elizabeth – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This was an enjoyable course and helped gage a purpose to help students have a desire to read and enjoy it.
Vicki – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Loved this course. Super helpful for a classroom library. Wish there was a little more that focused on secondary reading, but overall most activities can be edited for older students.
Laura – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Love her ideas
Karen – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
The ideas provided were absolutely adorable!