https://padlet.com/estill1/m1j5iiknrj8g Made with panache en-us 2018-01-30 15:04:13 UTC 2018-01-30 15:17:56 UTC hello@padlet.com estill1 https://padlet.com/estill1/m1j5iiknrj8g/wish/226115691 If you want your kids to love reading books, then allow them to read actual books, rather than stapled photocopies of texts. Allow your students to have ownership in the creation of your classroom library, so you know they'll have books they'll enjoy. ]]> 2018-01-30 15:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/estill1/m1j5iiknrj8g/wish/226115691 estill1 https://padlet.com/estill1/m1j5iiknrj8g/wish/226116966 Allow time for your students to reflect on their reading. This might include worksheets, but worksheets can not be the "end-all, be-all" to how we facilitate reading instruction. If we expect our students to be readers, we must allow them to engage with the text in a way that is relevant and meaningful to them. ]]> 2018-01-30 15:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/estill1/m1j5iiknrj8g/wish/226116966 estill1 https://padlet.com/estill1/m1j5iiknrj8g/wish/226119204 If you want your kids to love engagement with literature, then you have to make it like a conversation. Students who feel like they have no voice will feel as if they have no choice, not only in the dynamic of the classroom environment as a whole, but in the conversations that take place there. ]]> 2018-01-30 15:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/estill1/m1j5iiknrj8g/wish/226119204 estill1 https://padlet.com/estill1/m1j5iiknrj8g/wish/226120502 It's better to meet with your small groups less for a longer, deeper amount of time with less frequency than to have shallow meeting times with high frequency. ]]> 2018-01-30 15:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/estill1/m1j5iiknrj8g/wish/226120502 estill1 https://padlet.com/estill1/m1j5iiknrj8g/wish/226122548 Our teaching has to have purpose, and yet in accomplishing our purpose, we need to be wary of taking the joy out of reading. ]]> 2018-01-30 15:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/estill1/m1j5iiknrj8g/wish/226122548