Reading Motivation

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

In his book Learning Under the Influence of Language and Literature Lester Laminack advocates six read-aloud opportunities that we can

In a previous post  I described my students’ favorite read-aloud ritual called “Choose a Book”. Every two weeks we spotlighted a

Choose-a-Book was my favorite and longest running read-aloud rituals. Each morning my students were greeted with two picture books displayed on