I just had a graduate student share in one of my courses how their school media specialist shares new texts with middle school students during the morning announcements! She shared that this has greatly contributed to increased reading interest etc. How do you promote reading in your school?
Our PTO allows teachers to recommend books at the Scholastic Book Fair. We can post signs in front of the book saying, "Mrs. Homan recommends this book" and why.
Our librarian also did posters of each of us with WANTED hanging behind us. Each teacher held up a favorite book. The posters were printed in sepia tones to look old.
We have done an all district book read. This year we read Charlottes Webb. The students had to answer trivia questions each week about the book and each week their answers would be entered into a raffle for a prize.
We have several ways that our school promotes reading. We have a list called Sunshine State books and the students who read all of them are highlighted on the morning news. The is a place in the media center where books are highlighted based on monthly celebrations. We have a "read in" and a literacy week. We also have AR (accelerated reader) where students can earn some awards for reaching their goal. In the classroom, I have a task sheet of titles that match units. Students earn extra privileges for completing the task sheets (they are leveled for accommodations).
