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
Julie – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas to foster a love for reading at an early age!
Michelle – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –
Great course for elementary teachers.
Amy – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Shannon gave SO many practical and fun ways to get our students reading and excited about reading!
Brenda – CRESTVIEW LOCAL – VAN WERT COUNTY (verified owner) –
There were a lot of creative ideas to help generate excitement about reading in the classroom.
Brian – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It was a very good course.
Erin – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I think the course provided several new ideas that would spark a love of reading in my students!
Christine – NEW BREMEN LOCAL (verified owner) –
I really liked all the ideas that Shannon gave to promote reading.
Taylor – Yellow Springs Exempted Village (verified owner) –
This course provided me with a lot of fun and practical ways to spark a love for reading within my students. The only downside is quite a few options require spending money, however there are a lot of free options provided.
Laura – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Good resource of many ideas to entice reading.
Michelle – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was a brief overview of fun activities that you can do with your students to encourage reading.
Debra – Yellow Springs Exempted Village (verified owner) –
Practical suggestions and ideas were given.
Cristina – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
GREAT
Kristi – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas that are easy to implement in class.
Shelley – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course is paced so that you learn many different ideas that you can use for your students. -Very informational, helpful, and held my interest.
Darlene – NEW BREMEN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great ideas and well supported with resources.
Carla – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
The ideas in this course can easily be used in the classroom to promote a love of reading.
Jesus – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Great but need ideas for upper level readers, as well.
Matthew – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good training with lots of ideas to increase and motivate student reading.
Elizabeth – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was very imformative.
Sheri – KENT CITY (verified owner) –
Great speaker with so many great ideas!!
Colin – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Quick and informative
Melissa – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course it great for all teachers because one goal could be to get students to “fall in love” a little more with reading each year. For your reluctant or striving readers, this course has phenomenal ideas for showing kids how to find a book that could enjoy and grow their love of reading.
Julie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas to are easy to implement right away!
Kim – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was great and had useful ideas
Maria – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Good idea for promoting reading. It also helped me remember some idea I haven’t used recently
Mikasa – Yellow Springs Exempted Village (verified owner) –
I have a list of ideas to incorporate into my reading program. I am already thinking about who my guest readers could be as well as what some new reading challenges can be. Excellent course!
Ray – BETHEL-TATE LOCAL (verified owner) –
it’s fine
Kathleen – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
There were many wonderful strategies which can be used in the classroom to instill a love of learning in all of your students.
This module was very informative and entertaining.
MacKenna – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Shannon Anderson gives fabulous ideas about how to spark a love for reading in the classroom. I am excited to utilize some of her strategies in my own classroom.
Shantall – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Great course for Reading ideas with your classroom.
Denise – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
So many practical and engaging ideas.
Stefanie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting
Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful ideas and suggestions that can be immediately used in the classroom setting!
Christine – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
I want to tell all the teachers to watch this! As a school librarian, I have wanted to use many of these to help students love reading. Teachers can run with many of these ideas themselves!
William – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
great
Krista – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Shannon Anderson is amazing! She shares so many wonderful ideas and strategies to get kids to fall in love with reading.
Beatriz – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It gives you a lot of ideas to motivate students to read.
Sarah – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great reminders and creative ideas to foster a love for reading and making it interesting to reluctant readers.
Matthew – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Definitely not a secondary course, but lots of great info!
Mabel – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great in implementing different ways for students to become life long readers and to enjoy it too.
Lisa – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course. It gives so many creative ideas to get kids interested in reading books.
Renee – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas!
Debra – ASHTABULA AREA CITY (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas to inspire and foster readers and reading in the classroom!
Lisa – ASHTABULA AREA CITY (verified owner) –
I love all of the ideas!!
Lyzette – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives teachers many ideas to help students create a love for reading. I enjoyed it!
Ana – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Becky – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
She has some really creative ideas.
Lorena – HPS – WEST TX (verified owner) –
Great suggestions.
Krista – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was very insightful and l loved all the different ideas for getting student to read more in fun ways.
Paulina – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting ideas to encourage the love of reading.