Is a Love of Reading evident in your building? Is there evidence that your school actively champions reading? Here is a list of things that school with strong reading cultures often have….how many does your school have?
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- Signs and displays about reading.
- Notice of reading events:
- Challenges, incentives, author visits, book awards
- Photos of students, staff and other role models reading
- The principal’s book of the week
- Promotion of the public library and public library event
- Signs pointing to the library
- Library open and ready to receive students all day long
- Weekly Library quizzes- come to the library to find the answers
- Student work about books - art, writing inspired by books, reviews
- Information about new books coming to the library and upcoming events
- Quotes about reading, favourite lines from books
- Evidence showing to anyone visiting, that the principal thinks reading is important:
- Quotes, favourite books, books for students to read, students work about reading, books for parents
- Establish a well-stocked school library that has materials for all students.
- Support Reading, Book events and PD on them
- Signs pointing to the library (how many steps to the library?)
- A poetry walk around the school
- Create a Twitter hashtag to share books
- Professional reading about children’s books
- Information from the library, and promotion professional development on YA literature
- Notice board with must-reads, awards and recommended read alouds
- Have a data wall to track student progress in reading
- Reading alouds everyday
- Making time for your students to read everyday
- Plenty of great books on display
- Sharing teacher reading with students
- Give students choice in what they read
- Build a high quality classroom library
- Know YA books (maybe joining EIPS Mighty Book Smackdown or the Best of the Best)
- Let kids talk about books and reading
- Make reading fun (blind book dates, book auctions, etc)
- Host book clubs for students or parents
- Collaborate with public library
- Support author visits
- Support Young Authors Conference
- Host a Read IN
- Share book talks
- Take students on a book-buying field trips (we did this at 6 schools in EIPS last year, ask me for more details)
- Listen to audiobooks
- Learn about specific needs for specific populations
- Adopt a whole-school approach...a great place is start is your School Library.
- Celebrate. Celebrate. Celebrate
As you can imagine this is a beginning list, a place to start from and build on. Stay tuned for more LOOK FORS coming soon from your friendly nighbourhood SFS staff.
The above ideas are taken from a variety of sources. Here are links to original articles and further reading on this topic:
Sources and Resources
Cheers,
Janice
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