Your thinking & sharing from Learning Unit #3EDR 627

Motivating Reluctant Students...struggling male readers, ELLs, refugees, those who cannot create a personal response to reading, those students who lack solid reading strategies

Suggestions:• Build instruction around students’ interests• Activate prior knowledge with a ”hook”• Build confidence• Provide choice (not always leveled choice; let students

have choice outside of levels)• Book talk, book trailers!• Get your staff on board to share motivational strategies

at every grade

Resources for you to read...ideas, shifting thinking to what is important!

If you have not yet read these two books, run (don’t walk) to the nearest bookstore & read them this summer!

Brand new! http://www.heinemann.com/products/E06157.aspx

Especially for 5th grade teachers and above!

An oldie but one of my favorites for fresh motivational strategies!

The definition for motivating readers: read & listen to Steven Layne!

Two strategies shared in the discussions

RAN Strategy: Reading & Analyzing Non-Fiction. This goes beyond the traditional KWL! If you are overusing KWL, take a look at this to change your instruction and see if you find that helps children read more critically!http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/mkiva/ran.cfm

Non-Fiction book clubs: Why not use non-fiction with book clubs? https://twowritingteachers.org/2014/05/14/nonfiction-book-clubs-a-snippet-of-an-ira-workshop/ Non-Fiction Reader’s Notebooks: https://www.choiceliteracy.com/articles-detail-view.php?id=1058