IBSC Special Interest Group - Promoting Reading Cultures in Boys' Schools by L Weldon https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025 en-us 2025-06-20 20:41:01 UTC 2025-06-25 14:01:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Percy Jackson cdellinger1 https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3500754041 Even our high school boys come back to this series!

]]> 2025-06-24 16:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3500754041 https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3500756770 Biographies - athletes, musicians and beyond

Self-help and motivation

Historical fiction like the I Survived series

]]> 2025-06-24 16:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3500756770 https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501861700 Who pays for the book club books? Families? The school?

]]> 2025-06-25 13:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501861700 https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501862580 Scythe and Cherub series

]]> 2025-06-25 13:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501862580 Does anyone do reading buddies or the like between older and younger boys? https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501862701 2025-06-25 13:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501862701 https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501862734 What data/research studies should I bring to administration to show the significance/necessity of carving out time in the school day for free reading?

]]> 2025-06-25 13:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501862734 Manga Titles Recommendations https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501863091 One Piece, Blue Lock, Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, Dragon Ball…

]]> 2025-06-25 13:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501863091 Lean into boys’ competitive nature https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501864412 We track how many words each grades are reading and provide incentives for reading

]]> 2025-06-25 13:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501864412 Middle School Reading Cafe https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501864997 In our school, teachers “sponsor” a book that they think students would like. This list of teacher recommendations is posted. Students sign up to read one or more of the books. Once or twice a month, during lunch, a teacher hosts students who read their recommended book and they have a conversation about the book. Pizza is served.

]]> 2025-06-25 13:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501864997 Sports teams read https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501868484 In the upper school, each sports team reads a book. For example, the lacrosse team reads the book Hard Hat which is about being a good teammate

]]> 2025-06-25 13:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501868484 Books our 10/11 year old boys enjoy https://padlet.com/crescentschool/IBSC_ReadingCulture_2025/wish/3501870914 Skulduggery Pleasant

The Warriors series

Any book by Morris Gleitzman or David Walliams

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