Kids love to collect things! Why not play off of that love and connect collections with books. I thought of

Here is another idea from Mary Lee Hahn’s Reconsidering Read-Aloud.  Photocopy the front and back covers of  each new chapter

Want to combine independent reading, read-aloud, and a class reward? This ritual works best when you can devote at least

This idea comes from Mary Lee Hahn’s book Re-Considering Read-Aloud. After each chapter book read-aloud, draw a name out of

A teacher in Vermont shared this idea with me. This is a read-aloud ritual that she uses the week before

Birthday Bag Jim Trelease, author of The Read Aloud Handbook, says that read aloud is like doing a book commercial

Technically, this isn’t a read-aloud ritual, but it definitely counts as a reading ritual. And it’s a favorite in my friend Jennie’s