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Case: Motivating Students to Read My students read silently for 10 minutes daily and then they record what they read on a reading log. I now have them read at home, but over 75 percent of the students come back to school without their reading recorded. How can I motivate students to read at home because I have explained that this is part of the reason why their reading test scores are so low. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I feel that motivating students to read outside of school is always going to be a problem. As most teachers know, studies have shown a negative correlation between reading level and income level. I recently read a study that noted that children from lower income households were spoken to less (fewer number of words directed to the child) by adults within the household, and this had a direct impact upon their reading level. As an educator in a Title I school, I have found that the reading problem has to be addressed in the classroom because it will not be addressed at home. I try to make reading as fun as possible, even at the high school level. I incorporate primary documents, magazine articles, newspapers, and Dr. Seuss. Basically, I use anything that I can to get my kids to read while they are in my classroom. |
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