P.S. This process can be especially fruitful when done with a thought partner or team.

 

Promises:

We promise we will help them improve and show growth, no matter what their skill level or age. 

 

They will be literate for the rest of their lives, have a passion to read and love books. To read with abandon for the rest of their lives! 

 

Their reading level will improve, so many students focus on their levels. 

 

They will be able to read things that they enjoy, not just what teachers tell you to read.

 

 

What do you believe? 

 

Read what you enjoy, don’t put so much pressure on the level of the book. 

 

Love reading! 

 

Be aware that done the wrong way, education could kill the passion of reading.

 

It is our job as educators to make all understand that reading is the same skill in any language.

 

Parents follow through and encourage reading at home. 

Reading is still important since you need it to navigate the technological world. 

Learning interpersonal skills and empathy through reading is important. 

We notice that children seem more out of touch and less social, reading can help with learning social emotional skills as well. 

Kids should be given a choice regardless of level.

To encourage the love of reading, we have to let them read up on things they enjoy.

Making connections between reading and feeling. 

Reading shouldn’t feel a chore. 

Open-ended questions and critical thinking keep the love of reading alive more with older students. 

Having a survey for kids to say why they love reading is important.