Part III: Making the Match 1.Reading Aloud 2.Booktalking 3.Motivating Readers

Reading Aloud Jim Trelease: New Read Aloud Handbook Becoming a Nation of Readers Mem Fox: Reading Magic “The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book and the person reading…It’s the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony.”

Three P’s of Reading Aloud P review –Language –Appropriateness P ractice –Eye Contact –Pronunciation P ersonalize –Performance –Emotion / reactions

Beginning Start of the Year Start of Class Audiobooks Keeping it Fresh Read and Tease Introductions Whole Class Read and Think Ratings

No tests or quizzes on read alouds Let them listen comfortably Have students summarize verbally the next day or discuss Refer to reading in journals FUGGIDABOUTIT

Booktalking “Nomads of the library” - NGB! Personal invitation, not a book report or critique Test drive or advertisement

Audience Curricular Goals? Ability? Interests?

Connect and Read Theme or agenda: –What would I do… –Variation on a story –If I were a _______ Read it –Vouch for content –Appropriate choices

Plan and Plan Take notes Flipping while talking to find a character name = “I didn’t like it as much as I said I did” Timing –5-10 min. = 2-3 books –>30 min. = 5-10 books

Things to remember… Segue Bookend strong ones Long, then short Notes Time check

Do’s Notes Variety of genre Hooks Attention – shock or humor Vary length and content – no “Reading Rainbow” finishes

Don’ts Don’t do a book you didn’t read (or enjoy) Don’t oversell Don’t LECTURE Don’t blow the plot Don’t use a canned talk

After the talking, they (try to) find their own!!

Some still need help –Use Media Specialist –Have a cart of high- interest books –Become the YA “expert” –Know how to find booklists –Know the surefire authors –Compare TV/Movies

Book pass –Teacher selects titles –Kids spend a minute or two with each book –Pull book out of rotation if they find one to read –Folder – title, author, genre, thumbs-up

USSR, DEAR, SSR –Uninterrupted and silent –Comfortable –Regularly scheduled –Everyone reads –GRADE IT –Some reaction/ processing –Benefits?

DIR – Directed Individualized Reading –Time in class –Kids recommend books – teachers read them –Student-led conference –Select from a list –Read with them in class

Books on Tape –Circulate/Check out –Reluctant readers –Follow along with book (make sure you get unabridged) –Have kids draw what they hear (inference – Prairie Home and Guy Noir)

Peck’s Questions –Good, thoughtful questions –Book report alternative –Have kids answer the two they think are the most important –Handout

–Summary and critical component – words –Practicing succinct writing –Tool to teach bibliography –Student recommendations Annotations/Card Catalog

Reading autobiography –Our lives as readers –Positive and negative experiences –Thorough without rambling –Models in Making the Match

Let’s help the kids move from this…

To this…