Saturday, October 31, 2015
Ashley Smith- August -Share Your Reading Life
I always try to share my reading life with my students. I talk to the students about the children's books I read when I was their age. I also talk with them about the children's books I read now as an adult. I give them summaries of what the books are about and read excepts of some of them so that if they become interested they will read more. Sometimes I just shove a chapter book in their hands and say "read this book, you might like it!" One child is still reading the book I shoved in his hands earlier this week ( he usually keeps one short book and never tries to read anything else). Although, my students are more into strategy guides and comic books than they are in chapter books, I am still able to share my love of reading those types of books as well. I think my students understand my love of books as well as how I feel about the importance of keeping our classroom library books in good condition. I believe that most of my students have more respect for books and more respect for reading because I have shared with them the value I place on books and the value I place on reading.
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I bet your students enjoy hearing about what you enjoy reading. I think its important for students (especially older ones) to see that reading is important and fun at any age. When I was an assistant, the teacher I was working for would sit in front of the class and read her book while they were independently reading, and I thought that was an interesting way to model correct reading for students.
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ReplyDeleteI loved reading about your reading life and how you are taking Regie Routman up on her suggestion of sharing your reading life with your students. What books do you like to read? I love her idea of starting a "Now" and "Next" list with our students where we model listing the books we are reading now and a list of what we want to read next. I also liked her idea of taking a picture of our nightstand libraries and what books we read at home and asking students to create a top 10 book list with us. All of these are wonderful ways to help model life long joyful reading and that is contagious! Thank you! Dawn
I like that you share your reading life. It's important for our students to know that we are readers too, and many times our favorites become their favorites. I like that you said that you read excerpts, like mini book talks. I wonder if you have had students do the same--book talks to their classmates might make reading contagious. Thank you, Ashley.
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