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
Rinus – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Veery informative and great ideas to host reading events on campus.
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 – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (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 – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (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.
Leticia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter had a wealth of ideas to promote the love of reading that I will implement in my classroom.
Celeste – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Its such an inspiring course.
Maria – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Good
Lorena – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It gave great ideas to do throughout the year to help develop a love of reading to promote higher reading comprehension and vocabulary.
Charla – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas!!
Deborah – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It gave me great ideas for my classroom.
Emma – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Positive and Energetic! Shannon Anderson was nonstop in her description of ways and things to do to motivate and encourage kids to read in various different ways. I love d her energy and her ideas.
Raquel – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course is excellent, gives us many strategies to motivate our students to love reading.
Leticia – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It’s a resourceful course.
Esmeralda – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
great
Yaneht – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great ideas
Kenya – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I enjoy all the great ideas the presenter mentioned. These definitely motivate students into reading a book and enjoy it as well.
Sandra – ALVARADO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved all of the ideas!
Juan – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
This course is great to get ideas on reading material for students. Great ideas.
Porfirio – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It has important information for teachers to not only know, but also do in their perspective classroom.
Lisa – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I love the ideas presented.
Eva – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I love the way they gave examples of how we could improve our students interest in reading.
Manuel – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
As a kinder teacher it’s important to find enjoyable books for my early/beginning readers to create a journey of love fore reading where they will enjoy it.
Marlene – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very enjoyable!
Quade – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Good course.
Julie – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Enjoyed that we are able to listen and not just read all the information.
Marlinda – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
All of the information was very informative
Jose – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Vey informative. Gained knowledge on new strategies that are great to incorporate in the classroom.
Nelda – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Shannon Anderson kept my interest throughout the training and had wonderful ideas.
Eliza – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed hearing her Shannon Anderson speak and give examples with pictures.
Christopher – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Well spoken and allows for many strategies!
PATRICIA – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I enjoyed listening about ideas to keep students enaged in reading , new ways to mitivate students.
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 – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (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.