Ashley's+page

=Why Give Reading Choices??=


 * "Research tells us that children who have interests are engaged, and that engaged readers and thinkers are better readers." (Guthrie and Humenick 2004)**

Use these six Principles to Motivate Students to Read:

1. Elevate Self Efficacy  2. Engendering Interest in New Learning  3. Connecting Outside With Inside School Literacies  4. Expanding Choices and Options  5. Making an Abundance of Texts Available  6. Structuring Collaboration for Motivation

How Can We Do This in The Classroom:  -Curriculum Design  -Book Clubs

Providing students with the opportunity to choose what they read helps them to invest in their own learning. Choice fulfills and important need in older children and adolescents ; autonomy empowers students intrinsically and gives them a feeling of self control. (Gaskins 2008).

Utilizing Children's Choice Book Award Programs:  -At the beginning of the school year, students are provided with a list of selected titles either chosen by school librarians or teachers, or from student nominations from the previous year.  - Books are promoted by book talks or activities in the library  - At the end of the year the students vote for the best novel <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> - Similar to Accelerated Reader but without the test