Choosing the correct book
buildscuriosity and pumps up the
readingvolume!
Chapter 2: Cultivate
Curiosity
Curiosity Drives Leaning: Recent
research has revealed a great
deal about young children and
their innate appetite for
questioning and wondering.
1. Model your own
curiosity every day.
Make what you wonder
visible.
2. Honor the
questioning and the
learning more than
the knowing.
3. Build in lots of time
for kids to explore,
investigate, and
research questions
that interst them.
"Always be on the
lookout for the
presence of
wonder." By: E. B.
WHITE
Main idea #1 Reading sparks interest of all age groups.
Main idea # 2 Reading
changes who we are.
Chapter 3: Ensure
Access to and Choice
of Books
Daily access to
irresistible books is
essential to all readers'
development.
1. Build a library for the readers
you expect; customize it for the
readers you meet.
2.Display, read aloud, and
book-talk a wide range of
titles.
3. Send books home
nightly, on weekends,
and over school
vacation.
Although the collections in
Mamaroneck classroom libraries
appeared vast, was it possible that
they constituted book deserts for
striving readers like Michelle?
Main idea # 3 Choosing
the correct book is key.
Chapter 4: Pump
up the Reading
Volume
Reading Makes readers. They can
read linearly from cover to cover or
they can use the table of contents
to navigate to topics of particular
interest.
1. Trust the book, trust the reader.
2. Build in time for students
to read independently.
3. Remove the
barriers to
volume.
The overwhelming benefits of
voluminous engage reading compel us
to give all kids a whopping daily dose
and make it a foremost intervention for
striving readers.
Main idea # 4 Reading can
seem overwhelming, so be
sure to chose the correct
reading.