Helping Teachers, Inspiring Readers

Helping Teachers, Inspiring Readers
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RESEARCH
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…The Power of Book Choice!
―Motivation and reading development are fostered when
children are immersed in a book-rich environment,
engaged in interactions with others about books, and
given the responsibility for making decisions about what,
when, and how they read.” 1
(Gambrell 1996)
Illustration:How Rocket Learned to Read. By Tad Hill
―9 out of 10 children say they are more likely
to finish books they choose themselves.‖ 2
(2010 Reading Report)
...The Value of Classroom Libraries
―Students who read widely
and frequently are higher
achievers than students who
read rarely and narrowly.‖ 3
(Guthrie et al., 1999)
―An abundance of interesting
books in the classroom
promotes the use of
comprehension strategies.‖ 2
(Guthrie et al, 2000)
“Giving children limited choices
from a classroom collection of
books on a topic helped improve
performance on standardized
reading comprehension tests.‖4
(Mokoto, 2010)
Illustration: How Rocket Learned to Read, by Tad Hill
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Illustration: How Rocket Learned to Read, by Tad Hill
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Research
1. 2010 Kids & Family Reading Report: Turning the Page
in the Digital Age. Scholastic.
• Ready Freddy art © John McKinley
• Where the Wild Things Are art © Maurice Sendak
• Art from ―Skippyjon Jones‖ by Judy Schachner
• Art from ―No! David‖ by David Shannon
• Art from the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pikey
• Art from the Diary of A Wimpy Kid series by Jeff
Kinney
2. Guthrie, J.T., Schafer, W.D., Vaon Secker, C., & Alban,
T. (2000).―Contributions of Integrated Reading
Instruction and Text Resources to Achievement and
Engagement in Statewide School Improvement
Program.‖ Journal of Educational Research, 93:
211–226.
• Art from the Clifford series © Norman Bridwell
• Art from the Clementine series © Marla Frazee
3 Guthrie, J.T., Wigfield, A., Metsala, J.L., & Cox, K.E.
(1999). ―Motivational nd Cognitive Predictors of Text
Comprehension and Reading Amount.‖ Scientific
Studies of Reading, 3: 231–256.
4 Rich, Mokoto. "A New Assignment: Pick Books You
Like.‖ The New York Times., 29 Aug. 2009. Web.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/books/30readin
g.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Art from Duck Duck Moose by Dave Horowitz
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