Reading initiative ideas

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Getting students to read can be difficult, especially 3rd-5th graders. Here are 5 reading incentive ideas for 3rd-5th graders that really work!

Inspired by the Brown Bag Teacher and her blogpost, we held a Book Tournament this year in my classroom. It coincided with the PARCC test and ended up being the perfect activity to do when we were finished the test. Set up your brackets The first thing we did was pick our 'Sweet 16.' I had students each write their top 5 books read this year. They also had to write their favorite chapter book and picture book read aloud and basal story. From their lists, I narrowed it down to 16 books - a…

Hello, friends! It's Christmas break for me and I'm taking a few minutes to plan ahead for the new year! Last year our first graders hosted a Tournament of Books and it was a huge success so we're getting ready to host one again this year! The first thing I did was put up this huge bracket in the main hallway of our school. It generated a ton of buzz around the school, especially before we shared any details about what we were actually planning! The Brown Bag Teacher has bracket printables…

Keep your students motivated to hit their weekly and monthly reading goals by offering a little motivation or reward. Here are some of our favorite ideas.

Take this fun and cute idea to get your students reading at home! Set up an adopt-a-pet reading kit in your classroom to encourage kids to read. When it comes to wanting our students to love to read, we teachers will pretty much bend over backward. So, when we come across an idea that has … Cute Adopt-a-Pet Reading Kit to Encourage Your Students to Read at Home Read More »

Build readers with this engaging reading rally activity that moves students around in themed rooms and hooks them on reading!