Share a Story - Creating a Reading Culture in Mrs. Selke's Lair
This post is part of the "Share a Story, Shape A Future 2012" Blog Tour. Check their site for many other fabulous posts! Life is difficult when you work with students who don’t like to read. How do you coax a dormant reader into full flower? Though that is hard, it can be just as tricky to wrangle voracious readers. Yes, they always have books in their hands, but how can I help them grow? That is my job. I am a gifted resource teacher, and my students range from first to fifth grade. Their reading levels can extend way beyond that, though, so meeting them all where they are can be tricky. The vast majority of my students are passionate about reading. Some aren’t, but most of them will gladly stick their nose in a book at the slightest provocation. What I’ve found over the years, though, is that they aren’t as willing to branch out and try new things. This year, I vowed, this year would be different. Before, students saw what other student...