· Create a Star Studded Bulletin Board
What you use to motivate your students to read can also double as a permanent classroom decoration this school year. Create a star-studded bulletin board that awards kids for reading books on their own.
· Host a Book Exchange
Working with another class in the school, host a class book exchange. Have your students work together to choose the books that they most like to trade with another class.
· Fill a Wagon
A reading wagon can be fun and functional for your reading class. Acquire a wagon to keep in your classroom (you can use any pull vehicle if a wagon is not available) and allow your class to decorate it. Then, ask students to fill the wagon with books that they like most.
· Serial Stories
Some children will never forget the books that their reading teacher shared with the class. Choose a winning chapter book that your class is sure to love, and read a short selection to the class every day.
· Sound Off
Adding sound effects to your read aloud stories is fun and engaging for students. Assign several students in your class a sound to make when a particular word appears in a read aloud text.
· Designate a Place
Providing your students a comfortable and fun place to read in class will motivate them to grab a book for some independent reading time.
· A Place to Share
Keep your eyes opened for a large, stuffed chair that you can put into a corner of your classroom. You may find one at a flea market, a garage sale or even on the curb waiting to be taken away.
· Get it Covered
Bring your students’ creativity into your classroom with a bulletin board titled “Reading, We Have it Covered”. Whenever one of your students completes a book, allow him or her to design an original cover for the book.
· Engage the Listeners
The next time you have independent reading period, play some classical or smooth jazz music in the background.
· The Magic Carpet
Kids love imaginary stories that include magic, mythical creatures and fantastical stories, and those tales can have a permanent place on the magic carpet in your classroom.
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