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
Valerie – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
I love that she gives real-world examples and pictures.
Ashley – NEW LEXINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This had several ideas that I didn’t even think of.
Carol – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner) –
it was great
Dee Ann – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
it was great
Rowena – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It gives me different ideas on how to spark reading love even in math class.
Alecia – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Tons of ideas!
Sara – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I like that it had many options and ideas. Also that the author show that she practice them because she had pictures of those activities
michelle – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course provides a plethora of ideas to cultivate a reading culture in your own classroom.
Jonathan – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
Give more suggestions for older readers.
Liana – Pilot (verified owner) –
it was great!!
Brianna – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
I love learning from this presenter. She is very knowledgable and so easy to listen to. Her ideas are practical and very useful and easy to get started right away implementing into the classroom.
Alexandra – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Great activity ideas!
Blanca – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I like the idea how books are important.
LeaAnn – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course.
Krystal – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I thought this course was great. I loved all of the activities that provided to use for different ways of reading.
Elizabeth – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
good
Christen – CRESTVIEW LOCAL – VAN WERT COUNTY (verified owner) –
It had quite a few fun ways to encourage reading in classrooms. I do think that man yof these tasks are geared towards lower elementary. A few resources could be applicable to upper elementary but may be difficult in a departmentalized setting.
Jacqueline – CHESAPEAKE UNION EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
This video is full of ideas that could be used in a classroom or school wide to encourage reading.
Amy – CHESAPEAKE UNION EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
This presenter was very lively and kept my interest! We are getting ready to start summer school and I got lots of great ideas that we can do in our program in June. This course was very worthwhile for teacher professional development!
Sarah – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –
I enjoy this presenter. She shares ideas that can be implemented into the classroom! I appreciate that!
Denise – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Shannon was amazing!! This is by far the best video I’ve watched yet!! So many great ideas and such a passion for students reading!!
Ashley – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
This course provided some great ideas for elementary level readers, but also had some takeaways for my secondary classroom. I am excited to try the “Wish List” and “Reading on the Beach”.
Erika – MOHAWK LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was very helpful and I will use many of these in my own gifted classroom.
Scott – BLANCHESTER LOCAL (verified owner) –
It had a lot off good ideas
Amber – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to understand. Neat possibilities.
Heidi – Yellow Springs Exempted Village (verified owner) –
Good ideas!
Augusta – GREEN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great ideas to add to our school literacy night!
Leticia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I truly enjoyed this video because of my own love of reading.
Jane – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Great ideas!
Heather – BIG WALNUT LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course was full of tangible ideas to help build a love of reading in all students.
Cynthia – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of great ideas
Rhonda – ROSCOE ISD (verified owner) –
great ideas for teachers!
Priscilla – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with great ideas
Amanda – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
i liked it
Emily – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great ideas for increasing reading engagement.
Stephanie – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
This is full of great ideas to use to get kids excited for reading, but most of the ideas are for younger grades.
Kelly – GREEN LOCAL (verified owner) –
I think that the ideas presented in this course to spark a lifelong love of reading were fabulous, and I know that my students would really enjoy all of them! However, our ELA curriculum does not lend itself for time to do these enjoyable reading activities which is so disappointing.
Carri – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was very useful.
K – GREEN LOCAL (verified owner) –
I think this course is extremely helpful for early teachers who are struggling with getting their students to read in the classroom.
Amanda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Randeee – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
We do the Camp and flashlight reading already,
Alejandro – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. I learned about the different options to promote reading and literacy.
Tracy – Colonel Crawford Local Schools (verified owner) –
This course had many great, engaging ideas to increase students love of reading.
Erika – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Easy to listen to and follow along with. Simple, realistic ideas to incorporate in the classroom.
Janet – BEXLEY CITY (verified owner) –
This was a beneficial course that provided numerous ideas to promote a life long love of learning.
Gabriela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter offers so many fun activities to incorporate reading
Esmeralda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
Brittany – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Excellent examples that are interesting and practical.
Kimberly – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I got a lot of new ideas to make reading more enjoyable in the classroom.
Betsey – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –
I loved hearing about creative ways to celebrate reading for fun with the students.