Cultivating readers : everything you need to take reading instruction beyond the skills to addressing the will / Anne Elliott, Mary Lynch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliott, Anne, author.

Lynch, Mary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Elementary).

Reading promotion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Markham, Ontario : Pembroke Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

Introducing a 6-step approach for cultivating and growing complete readers who have the will to read! You'll learn how to help your students understand the value of reading, intimately know who they are as readers, and receive joy and pleasure from text. From sharing your reading life to getting to know your students to modelling the habits of a reader, you will find strategies to use to set the foundation for a classroom of enthusiastic readers. Powerful classroom anecdotes and ready-to-use reproducible activities support this highly readable book.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction: Answering the Call

Chapter 1: Growing the Will to Read

Underlying Causes for the Lack of Reading Will

Too Many Activities

Too Much Technology

Too Many Expectations

A Call to Action

Six Essential Steps

Chapter 2: First Step: Sharing Your Reading Life

Get Started

I Am a Reader Who…

Foster Your Own Reading Life

Reading Territories

Precious Time

Marvel at Magazines

Guests of Honor

Stretch into Fiction

Build Your Reading Community

Share Your Reading Life in the Classroom

Summer Reading Footprint

Summer Reading Shelfie

A Picture of Me

Me-as-a-Reader Timeline

Daily Read-Alouds

The Teacher Is Reading…

Teacher-as-a-Reader Show and Tell

Chapter 3: Second Step: Knowing Your Students

Reading Triage

Interest Inventory

Reader Survey

Reader Spotlight

Reading Consultation

Three-Things Reading Conference

Windows, Mirrors, and Doors

Chapter 4: Third Step: Modeling the Habits of a Reader

Wilful Habits

Celebrating Commitment

The Habit of Planning What

Browsing Baskets

Genre Sort

Book Buffet

The Habit of Planning When

Let's Make a Deal

The Habit of Planning Where

All the Places We Love to Read

Catch-a-Reader Photo Challenge

The Habit of Finding

Becoming a Savvy Selector

Just Dance

Speed Dating Books

The Habit of Acting: Thinking

Reading Is… Snowball

The Reading Conversation

The Reading Brain

The Habit of Acting: Talking

The Habit of Acting: Sharing

Formal Sharing Techniques

Informal Sharing Techniques

The Habit of Setting Goals

Passionate/Proficient Reader Anchor Chart

Setting a Reading Goal

Chapter 5: Fourth Step: Making the Why of Reading Visible

Why Read?

I Am the Book

Reading for Pleasure.

Share the Love

Humor: The Heart of Enjoyment

Reading to Learn

Reading-in-the-Real-World Interview

List the Learning

Becoming a News Hound

Reading to Become Better Writers

Stories that Spark Writing

Replicating Our Favorite Writers

Reading to Build Vocabulary

Newfangled and Novel Words

Elevate Your Vocabulary

Reading to Learn Life Lessons

What's the Secret Message?

Big Idea Bank

Books that Make You Move

Turning the Tables

Chapter 6: Fifth Step: Creating the Space

Reading by the Numbers

Gathering the Whole Class

Small Groups Unite

A Nook for One

The Classroom Library

Appraising Your Classroom Library

Vast and Varied

Release the Students

First Book Shop

Reading Records

Reasons for Reading Records

Making Your Reading Record Public

Chapter 7: Sixth Step: Nourishing the Will to Read

Sharing Your Reading Life

You Gotta Read

Book Tweets

Cubby Reading Postcards

Knowing Your Students

Reader Status

Genre Graphs

I Used to…, Now I…

Modeling the Habits of a Reader

Planning: Variety is the Spice of Life

Planning: Next-Read List

Finding: Book Shopping Field Trip

Finding: Monthly Top Reads

Acting: Characters Written on My Heart

Acting: Reading Passport

Setting Goals: Celebrating Commitment

Making the Why of Reading Visible

Connecting Our Reading to Why

Speaker's Corner for Readers

Author Appreciation

Creating the Space

Books Come and Go

Updating our Book Nooks

Maintaining the Momentum

Final Thoughts: Back to the Beginning

Acknowledgments

Professional Resources

Index

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F

G

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I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

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V

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Y.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 22, 2017).

ISBN:

9781551389264

1551389266