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
Hilda – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Absolutley awesome. If a teacher can demonstrate her love of Reading, the students will see it. Great ideas.
Daisy – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
I loved all the ideas that were given on how to engage readers.
Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Priscilla – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
great course
Edna – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great resource to help teachers who struggle with their students reading and enjoying the readings in class.
Sheena – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Shannon had so many fantastic ideas to spark a love for reading in students. I have used some of her strategies but am also excited to try new ideas I learned about in this course. Shannon is also great to listen to as she holds your attention and her personal love for reading and students is evident.
Violeta – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this training. Mrs. Anderson provided many different types of activities that we can incorporate to help develop the love and excitement of reading. I learned a lot and I am going to implement some of her ideas.
Ernesto – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
I think that all these strategies are effective.
Jacie – CHISUM ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Barbara – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was full of ideas. I will apply some of them in my classroom.
Shelbi – CHISUM ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting
Christie – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent ideas to increase the love of reading in students
Mark – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Shannon provides several great ideas and resources for encouraging a love of reading. Unfortunately, this course is labeled as applicable to High School teachers and it’s not especially relevant for that level.
Monica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This was definitely an interesting course for elementary classrooms. I would like to see what this would look like in a secondary classroom. Are there any creative classroom settings/decorations/etc. that might be incorporated for high school ELA ?
Amber D – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
This was really great because I got tons of ideas I can not only implement in my classroom, but also campus wide.
Shelly – River View Local Schools (verified owner) –
Awesome course with many great ideas to instill a love of reading in elementary students.
Evelyn – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me many ideas that I can incoporate in my classrooms to increase reading vocabulary.
Kristen – HUGHES SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was great and I will be using many of these strategies that were presented in this course.
Anna – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent ideas and presenter was enthusiastic so it made it interesting.
Shelly – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Fabulous ideas for literacy events
Elizabeth – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
She was very engaging and I really enjoyed this course!
Kari – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Loved this course. I learned about so many cute ideas to help my students get excited about reading.
Ashley – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
Great
Ileana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very beneficial because it gives new and veteran teachers so many ideas on how to instill a love of reading in your students.
jennifer – River View Local Schools (verified owner) –
The course provided a variety of options to engage students in their reading.
Beth – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Margaret – River View Local Schools (verified owner) –
Loved all of the ideas presented in this course.
Lori – River View Local Schools (verified owner) –
Loved all the different ideas for reading!
Stephanie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Shannon always has great courses with ideas that I can take directly back to my classroom and implement.
Jennifer – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
So many wonderful ideas and how to implement the love of reading in your classroom or on your campus!
david – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting and had interesting ideas for me to use in my classroom.
Brianne – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas!
Melisa – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the ideas it gave to get students to love to read.
Lizette – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
All information was very interesting
jami – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I loved all of the ideas! I learned so much!
Elisa Liz – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is amazing because it has a ton of different ways to engage students to read.
Veronica – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
This course offered great ideas to use in your classroom to help kids enjoy reading.
Stephanie – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Although this course is geared towards elementary age students, secondary students still enjoy the hype and gimmicks for reading. There is nothing wrong with using some of these strategies with upper level grades.
Camille – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful ideas for elementary ELA teachers!!! I can even use some of it in my high school ELA classes.
Vickie – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
I think Shannon had a lot of good and fun ideas to get students reading.
Mary – CHISUM ISD (verified owner) –
Great suggestions for the elementary classroom, but not so much for the secondary classroom.
Breanna – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. Great, engaging ideas.
Becca – HUGHES SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was good!
Jessica – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
This course had a lot of valuable information as well as ides that we can implement in our classrooms. The presenter was engaging and informative.
Heidi – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –
It has soooo many great ideas to get students reading.
Shauna – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Full of great information!
Wendy – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of ideas!
Mary – CHISUM ISD (verified owner) –
great
Thelma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
The ideas were easy to implement and meaningful to students.
Aracely – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great refresher!