Fostering Lifelong Reading HabitsBLANQUI VALLEDOR

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Favorite Novel Activity

• Personal Reflection

• What is your favorite novel?

• Why did you choose this novel?

• What are some vivid experiences you had reading it?

• Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up

• Shout Out!

• Write down what you heard people say about their novel.

• What commonalities do you see?

Personal Experience

What I Learned

There is a story or poem to raise a goose bump on the

toughest skin, and we are well advised to help each child

find it. A child who has never thrilled to words will

remain indifferent to reading and writing them. –

Leisure Reading Task Force (2013-2014)

Research

• According to Leisure Reading Board Task Force (2013-2014) of the

International Reading Association, leisure reading enhances students’

• Reading comprehension

• Language

• Vocabulary development

• General knowledge

• Empathy for others

• Self-confidence

• Motivation to read throughout their lives, and positive attitudes

toward reading.

• What it is…

• Self-selected reading

• Independent

• A wide range of texts

• Daily opportunities for

leisure reading.

• Peer conversations

and/or reflection.

• What it isn’t…

• Assigned texts

• Used as formal

assessment.

From Leisure to Learning

Student Samples

• I wonder…

• How deep web plays a role in

modern revolutions, social or

actual conflict.

• One topic I would like to learn

more about is…

• Manufactures of underwater fiber

optics.

Student Samples

• I wonder…

• Do all the Gladers really have the

“flare” or is WICKED lying to

them?

• One topic I would like to learn

more about is…

• Solar flares

Student Samples

• I wonder…

• How will he turn out in life after

he graduates? Will he go to the

NBA?

• One topic I would like to learn

more about is…

• What is the difference between

private and public education?

Student Samples

• I wonder…

• Why do people steal children?

• One topic I would like to learn

more about is…

• Self-defense for children.

Student Samples

• I wonder…

• How and why can Tom and Teresa

communicate telepathically?

• One topic I would like to learn

more about is…

• Have governments used people as

test subject?

Student Testimonial

Student Testimonial

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