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Leading a Culture of Reading
How to Ignite and Sustain a Love of Literacy in Your School Community
Explore the practical, culture-building strategies that support literacy for all. This book is a tool for educators working to promote the importance of reading and develop students’ engagement in reading and literacy work.
Benefits
- Understand how access to devices has dampened reading interest among K–12 students and consequently affected literacy.
- Create and launch a reading campaign.
- Become familiar with the research behind the role of social media in students’ lives and discover how to use social media to support reading engagement.
- Develop ways for adults in a school community to reflect on and share their reading lives with students.
- Know the role of parents and caregivers in establishing and maintaining reading habits.
- Incorporate student leadership into literacy programs and have access to a toolkit for implementing leadership into reading campaigns.
- Create opportunities for visibility and school community participation that celebrate reading.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: #BrandReading: How to Leverage a Campaign in Your School Community and Attract Followers
Chapter 2: Developing Reading Role Models: How to Rally Adults to Explore Their Reading Lives
Chapter 3: Sustaining the Culture: How to Make the Culture Visible, Participatory, and Celebratory
Chapter 4: Helping Students Become Literacy Leaders: How to Rally Students to Plan Reading Events
Chapter 5: Positioning Adults as A-List Celebrities: How to Make Author Visits Part of the Reading Culture Experience
Chapter 6: Partnering With Home and School: How to Engage Families and Caregivers in Building Reading Culture
Chapter 7: Elevating Reading When Other Endeavors Come Into Focus: How to Continue to Prioritize Reading and Reading Culture
Epilogue: Embracing Some
Appendix A: Recommended Book Lists
Appendix B: High-Interest Book Lists to Share With Caregivers
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
Introduction
Chapter 2
- Lift a Line Conversation Cards for an Adult Book Swap
- Book Discussion Questions List
- Reading Schedule for a Book Club
- Book Club Launch Presentation Slides
- Books as Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors Thinking Chart
- Norms and Agreements
- Book Tasting Presentation Slides
- Book Tasting Recording Sheet, Primary
- Book Tasting Recording Sheet, Upper Elementary and Secondary
- Welcome to a Book Tasting!
Chapter 3
- Figure 3.1: An Email to Staff Encouraging the Use of the Currently Reading Sign
- Figure 3.2: Currently Reading Sign
Chapter 4
- School Resources Tool Kit
- Advertise Your Reading Event!
- Thinking Routine for Selecting a Schoolwide Book Talk Book
- Selecting a Book for a Schoolwide Book Talk Chart
Chapter 5
- Author Visit Planning Page
- Generating Questions for an Author Visit
- Author Visit Welcome Address Planning Page
Chapter 6
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Books
- DuFour, R., & Marzano, R. J. (2011). Leaders of learning: How district, school, and classroom leaders improve student achievement. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
Websites
- Goodreads
- Google Slides
- Google Form
- Table Topics Book Club: Questions to Start Great Conversations
- Bring Your Own Book: A Game of Borrowed Phrases
- Lit Chat: Conversation Starters About Books and Life (100 Questions)
- Canva
- smore
- Google Docs
- Google Sites
- Breathe magazine
- Padlet
- Mentimeter word clouds
- Zoom
- iMovie
- Amazon
- Instagram Live
- Google Meet
- Google Classroom
- BAND app
- PicCollage app
- Follett
- Sora
- Common Sense Media
- Barnes and Noble
- Makerspaces
- Fortnite
