Increase Reading Volume: Practical Strategies That Boost Students' Achievement and Passion for Reading (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780814151952)

By fourth or fifth grade, many striving readers have lost their self-confidence and the belief that, with hard work, they can reach a goal. Whether these students were on a computer reading program, in a grade-level basal program, or listening to a required novel, they weren't reading. Yet, we know that engaging books help students to develop their reading skill and expertise. Voluminous reading is an intervention. This book suggests practical ways to organize instruction so students in English language arts classes and across the curriculum read voluminously every day. You'll walk away with concrete ideas for

• using the seven pillars of engagement to increase reading volume;
• moving toward more culturally responsive teaching that engages students;
• extending the reach of partner and small-group collaborations;
• working with both students and your school library to ensure access to books
• students will want to read; and
• pairing core collections with contemporary texts to increase interest in reading.

Addressing students' emotional blocks to reading while simultaneously helping them develop the necessary reading skills can help you turn students into passionate, voracious readers in and out of the classroom.