Category: 5. Reluctant Readers

International Literacy Association makes, The Case for Children’s Rights to Read

See also, for application to teaching: https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/communications/literacy-today/literacy-today-rights-to-read.pdf

Differentiating for student engagement and success is first a mindset

Click on the link below to open this brief video from Education Week,  showing how to begin thinking about and providing differentiated opportunities for your students! https://video.edweek.org/detail/video/5833607063001/differentiating-instruction-its-not-as-hard-as-you-think?autoStart=true&cmp=eml-enl-cc-mostpop-rm&M=58609547&U=1988343

ILA Choice Reading Lists: Children’s Choices, Teachers’ Choices & Young Adults’ Choices

 https://literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/reading-lists/choices-2018-reading-lists.pdf

The Importance and Use of Student Self-Selected Literature to Reading Engagement in an Elementary Reading Curriculum

http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1155&context=reading_horizons The Importance and Use of Student Self-Selected Literature to Reading Engagement in an Elementary Reading Curriculum Denise Johnson and Anne Blair Abstract “The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of student self-selecting literature and reading engagement in an elementary reading curriculum. The article discuses the use of self- selected reading in …

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ASCD Express 13.03 – Joyful Independent Reading: Choice, Agency, and Engagement with Books

Source: ASCD Express 13.03 – Joyful Independent Reading: Choice, Agency, and Engagement with Books

A Curriculum Staple: Reading Aloud to Teens | School Library Journal

Every year, Beth Aviv, a high school English teacher in Westchester County, NY, asks her students, “How many of you were read to by a parent when you were little?” Last year, only a quarter of the… Don’t miss the audio interview embedded in this article of Jim Trelease talking about engaging     adolescents …

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ILA Young Adults’ Choices 2017 Reading List

“Young Adults’ Choices highlights 30 books selected by teenage reviewers”

ILA Children’s Choices 2017 Reading List

” “Children’s Choices is cosponsored by the Children’s Book Council and includes children’s recommendations of approximately 100 titles.”

ILA Teachers’ Choices 2017 Reading List

“For teachers looking for the best new titles to add to their classroom library, the Teachers’ Choices list is the place to start. Not only is it where they’ll find the best books for ages 5 through 14, but also they’ll know it comes from a source they can rely on—their fellow educators. Since 1989, …

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Strategy Bank

“The Teach 21 Strategy Bank is designed to be a dynamic resource for educators. It contains a multitude of research-based strategies teachers can use to make their classroom instruction more effective, and to address the needs of their diverse students. These strategies have been collected from a variety of sources, including the standards-based units available …

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