Why Read?
Reading is a research supported activity beneficial for student learning — a language or acquiring knowledge. However too often schools don’t support and promote reading programs because of many administrative and institutional pressures and traditions.
Reading we know works when several things are in place:
There is student choice. Students read what they want and are interested in.
Students read text that is at their right level. 90 -98% of the words on a page should be understood.
The teacher supports student reading and models reading.
Here is a nice reading list we put together and which in total supports an extensive reading approach. Not only do we provide support for student reading (audio, text, contextualization, quizzes) but we provide messages, ideas, books they really want to read — and it all begins there.
Let’s get our students reading!
Reading List
Independent study more useful than contact hours, study suggests | THE News
Learning to Read to Learn | Harvard Graduate School of Education
3 Key FindingsHow to Help Students Develop a Love of Reading | MindShift | KQED News
Russ on Reading: Independent Reading: A Research Based Defense
The Input Hypothesis with Dr. Stephen Krashen | Teacher David
How to Help Students Develop a Love of Reading | MindShift | KQED News
Educators say acquiring language skills key to becoming global citizens
If we stop telling kids what to read, they might start reading again — The Washington Post
How a School Library Increased Student Use by 1,000 Percent | Cult of Pedagogy
Do You Assign Enough Reading? Or Too Much? — The Chronicle of Higher Education