You must first identify the grade you teach, and address at least one the following questions:
1) What stages of development are your students in? 2) What factors do you take into consideration when developing a literature-based lesson plan or unit plan?
3) What types of reading motivational activities do you employ in your classroom?
4) What have you tried that worked or did not work in your classroom?
5) Which books have you found to be successful as motivational tools?
I teach a 3rd grade class, and I use a classroom library to motivate my students to read. I try to keep a variety of genres available to accommodate the interest and reading levels of all students. When I use the reading text I will choose one story a month and have them do a readers theater. They really enjoy that and everyone wants to participate. I have found that this activity really motivates all my students to read because they all want to be a part of it. when developing a literature-based lesson plan I like planning where the students can work in groups. I will group higher level readers with mid to low level readers. This also gives me an opportunity to work with some students one on one. This activity also works for me because my students really like working in groups. I will also give them a writing assignment that they get to work on together.
ReplyDeleteI teach a Second Grade classroom and use the classroom library as a way to keep my students motivated about reading. All of the books are labeled by a theme, a particular concept, a subject area, a particular author that the students love, and then other books are leveled and put in baskets with the labels of the levels. I am always purchasing new books and I advertise them by placing them within sight of the students and do not give them access to them right away. This peaks their interest and makes them wonder in which basket they will go. I always place them in baskets when the kids are away. As they shop for books for their book boxes in search of the new books, they usually come across other books that catch their interest. I have done this for a few years and it seems to keep the students interested.
ReplyDeleteI teach High/Middle School Band. I try to motivate students to read by giving them music-related selections and articles to read and by allowing them time for silent sustained reading. I use the music-related reading selections to help the students to better understand the elements of music that are being taught to and interpreted by them in their instrumental band class.
ReplyDeleteI teach kindergarten and first grade. My students love to use the class library. It is comfy and they love to be in it! They each have a decorated paint stick that they put in the bin where they got their book from. This helps them to return the book to the right place. My bins are sorted by categories such as animals, fairy tales, etc. They all love the one labeled Mrs. Cartledge's Favorites. I use Readers Theater and writing prompts also. I like doing these because I can tweak them to go with both of my classes.
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