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Make Connections
Make connections between reading, learning and children’s daily lives. Share something that connects to an area of interest, or a hobby they may have. Help children see that reading and learning is everywhere.
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Teaching Reading Strategies
Children will not enjoy reading if they are not successful at it. No one enjoys doing a task that is difficult or frustrating for them.
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Create an Environment for Sharing
Share something you have learned or read recently that was of interest to you, or connects to something you have been studying as a class. Be enthusiastic when sharing new learning, positive energy is contagious. Encourage your students to do the same.
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Read Aloud Often
Whatever you may teach, and regardless of grade level, read aloud to your students often! The snippet your share from a novel, the newspaper, a trade magazine, or even a text book will hook them in and get them interested and eager to know the rest.
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End Each Day with Reflection
Tell students something new that you learned that day, and ask your students to do the same.
With Your Colleagues
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Celebrate the Achievements of Your Peers
Let a colleague know when you have learned something from him/her that you can use in your own teaching.
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Share Your Experience
Talk openly and enthusiastically about learning you have gained from professional reading.
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Show Your Desire to Learn
Ask your colleagues for tips, advice, and to share their professional learning with you.
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Extend Invitations to Networking Events
Invite a friend to join a learning network that extends beyond the walls of your school building. Together you can share, discuss, and problem solve as members of a LinkedIn community.
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Attend Professional Development Events as a Team:
Generate interest in attending off-site professional development as a team. This will also allow you to support one another back at your school, as you work to implement your new learning.