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
Tracy – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Ms. Anderson has some amazing and fun reading activities!
Martin – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Creative ideas!
Grayson – CHESAPEAKE UNION EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
I found this course to be very interesting and helpful especially as an elementary school teacher. It gave me so many ideas on how to spark a love of reading in my students and make it an enjoyable subject in school. I will definitely be using some of the ideas given in this professional development in my own classroom in the future.
Carolina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Helen – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
SO many great ideas to develop a love of reading!
Martha – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was very interesting. I like the ideas she shared some that i can do with my kinder students.
Tracie – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Shannon’s enthusiasm is contagious!
Rebecca – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was full of wonderful ideas that can easily be used in the classroom to get kids excited about reading.
Ross – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
Very good ideas that are applicable.
Brittany – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I loved all of the ideas presented to help get students into reading! I am super excited to do some of them this year!
Esmeralda – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
i loved this course it gave me ideas to implement in my classroom.
Leonor – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It has a lot of excellent ideas on how to help students develop a lifelong love for reading.
Callie – Region 17 ESC (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course because this very same thing happened to me. I used to dread reading and never enjoyed it. I learned a lot from this course on how to help engage students in their reading.
Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I like it. IT had a lot of ideas to use in the classroom.
Brandy – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I was seriously blown away by the ideas and suggestions for getting kids reading. I have alredy signed up for Shannon’s newsletter and visited her website.
Melissa – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This has some great ideas to spark the love of reading.
Zulema – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is packed with ideas and suggestions which may get reluctant students to read.
Brenda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course has helped me have a variety of reading options to make reading fun for my students.
Maria I – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided plenty of ideas which I will implement on making reading fun for my students
Margaret – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Such amazing ideas to spark the love of reading in the classroom!
Tanya – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the ideas being shared. I will use Authors visit, Reading on the beach, and Read Across America.
Angela – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent Resource!
Evelina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent ideas to promote the love of reading.
Jenny – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas; most practical for elementary and lower middle grades
Rosie – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Shannon had so many wonderful ideas on how to make reading more engaging and fun for all. She also mentioned ways to motivate the bored reader and support the struggling reader. I am looking forward to launching some of her ideas next school year.
Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course
REGINA – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
These ideas are so very creative!
Rosa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Extremely interesting course
Nancy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. I love reading so it was perfect for me!
Sharon – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Great presenter / Very engaging / Great & Useful Ideas!
Genevieve – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It had great resources and ideas!
Angela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful to continue bringing new perspectives in a classroom.
Orlando – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great and interesting course!
Selma – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think that her ideas were spectacular and very creative. I will be using some.
Eric – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course was interesting and gave good recommendations to make reading enjoyable.
Samantha – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is great to get new and fresh ideas to spark reading.
Ann – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
She was interesting and gave a lot of great ideas to encourage reading in the classroom
Corinna – DRISCOLL ISD (verified owner) –
Love this course! I have enjoyed listening to and learning all the different activities to use in the classroom to develop a love of reading in my students.
Elia – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Tons of easy ideas
Samantha – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really liked how straight forward and easy it was to go through.
Christi – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas
Ronnie – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Not for secondary at all. Course listed as appropriate. Other than that, some good ideas, not all that novel. Ha. Get it.
Tajuana – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. Great information was given to help a child love/enjoy reading.
Sherri – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Trainings like this one help give different ideas to make it where students want to read.
Amber – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course had so many amazing ideas to implement in my classroom AND school-wide!
Holly – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
SO MANY strategies and activities for the classroom to help develop a love for reading!
Ana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. The presenter was very easy to follow.
Milissa – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
great
Nancy – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Gave some good ideas on how to keep kids motivated to read.
Julie – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas!