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
Elia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
very good ideas to make reading fun
CONCHITA – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
It helps teachers to guide and provide students their needs in reading.
Shawna – CRESTVIEW LOCAL – VAN WERT COUNTY (verified owner) –
Very informative and great ideas
Sandra – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
The course had great ideas for reading activities.
Tara – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
I loved this and got lots of good ideas to try.
Kerry – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
great ideas for different kinds of reading activities
Lisa – CRESTVIEW LOCAL – VAN WERT COUNTY (verified owner) –
She offers many good ideas for promoting the love of reading in the classroom.
Clarissia – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Loved how the presenter shared many different ideas that encourage reading.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really loved all the ideas about how to promote interest in reading and ideas how to make it a class event or even a class challenge when reading. Keeps the momentum and stamina of reading.
Yvette – BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas shared to help spark a love of reading!
Lilliana – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
It’s great!
Karla – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
She was a great presenter , great suggestions for class engagement.
Denise – Napoleon Area City Schools (verified owner) –
There were many new ideas that were shared on the video.
Cori – Napoleon Area City Schools (verified owner) –
I feel this course was full of great information but would be most beneficial for beginning teachers. As a seasoned teacher and school librarian most of the ideas were already familiar to me. Great ideas though!
Sara – Napoleon Area City Schools (verified owner) –
She does a really good job of having many different activities to choose and pick from. She has a calm voice and she makes it interesting.
Jessica – Napoleon Area City Schools (verified owner) –
I loved this course.
Tonie – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course provided numerous ideas to promote reading in and out of the classroom.
Stephania – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas
Samantha – LANCASTER CITY (verified owner) –
Great course!
Kayla – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the ideas!
Matilyn – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Great information to help us find different ways to encourage students to read more.
Mallory – SPRINGFIELD LOCAL – LUCAS COUNTY (verified owner) –
This was a great way to learn new ways to get students excited about reading.
Mary – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Many of the ideas were interesting, but may be more difficult to institute in middle school.
Dawn – ELYRIA CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
This is geared more toward elementary, but I did get some useful ideas for high school.
Cassandra – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great ways to increase student reading.
Ernesto – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great for teachers to spark the interest of reading to all students in fun interactive ways.
Trisha – MARION LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course has many very applicable strategies to teach kids to love reading more!
Eva – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was perfect! It allowed me the time to reevaluate the reading strategies I usually provide my students and gave me lots and lots of engaging and exciting new ideas to try!
Rosa – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is excellent for elementary teachers.
Kimberly – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
This course is packed full of ideas to get kids excited to read.
Lauren – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Great ideas for reading
Matthew – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
Some of these activities are not suited for the middle school setting.
Cynthia – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
This course helped me with ideas on how to get students interested in reading.
Kayla – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Wonderful!
Ahyzza – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas shared, well explained.
Monica – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Great information on how to get students to read.
Brian – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Awesome Ideas! All schools should implement the ideas presented in this course.
Suzanne – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I love the ideas this offered. I will absolutely implement these in my class throughout the year.
Manuel – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Gives the tools for student’s reading habits.
Alyssa – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Great suggestions for increasing reading in kids.
Ian – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was a fantastic course. It showed exactly what the course title said. Mrs. Anderson used her vast knowledge & experience as a teacher & literacy coach and I got some great ideas along the way!
Alesi – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Love it!
Maria – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
truly enjoyed it
Jessica – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Awesome ideas!
Gynna – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
great
Karin – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Lots of good strategies for engaging readers
Yvette – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
It’s helpful it gives you ideas on how to read with students.
Sandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Melinda – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
Shannon’s ideas were easy to take right back to the classroom and designed to engage readers.
Ileana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas to spark interest in reading.