Reading For Relaxation

1. Reading For Relaxation June 19, 2009 Alexis Swinehart HS Literacy Coach

3. Evidence You might be in a horror movie: • If you or others around you are stereotypical horror movie characters . • The Jock • The Nerd

4. Evidence You might be in a horror movie: • If you or others around you are stereotypical horror movie characters . • The Jock • The Nerd • If your location is a Point-Of-Distribution for a possible pandemic.

5. Evidence You might be in a horror movie: • If you or others around you are stereotypical horror movie characters . • The Jock • The Nerd • If your location is a Point-Of-Distribution for a possible pandemic. • If you are taking a workshop in a remote location (basement) of an somewhat empty high school.

6. Evidence You might be in a horror movie: • If you or others around you are stereotypical horror movie characters . • The Jock • The Nerd • If your location is a Point-Of-Distribution for a possible pandemic. • If you are taking a workshop in a remote location (basement) of an somewhat empty high school. • If you have to teach a workshop to stereotypical characters in a remote location while there is a POD occurring.

7. Morning Agenda • Introduction • Small Group SSR & Discussion • #1 • #2 • #3 BREAK • #4 • #5 • Closing

8. Various Purposes of Reading • Enjoyment • Knowledge • Relaxation • Because my teacher makes me • Work • Escape • To model how we are thinking

9. Types of Reading • Online - email • Magazine • Fiction • Nonfiction • Graffiti - tattoos • Audio • Newspapers • Blogging • Texting • Facebook (social • advertisment

10. Poll Everywhere Text to 99503 Message – enter the # of your answer

11. Today’s Goal • Read & Relax • Have a few good laughs • Understand the importance/value of Recreational Reading Bonus • Want to borrow a book to read this summer • Change your instruction to include more high-interest reading.

12. Five Small Groups • Testosterone with a Splash of Estrogen • Access to Audio • What Your Students are Reading • Keeping it Real • Perusing Periodicals

13. Rules & Regulations • Silent Sustained Reading for 10 minutes • You are allowed to SWITCH reading material (no sharing) • When in the audio group, please no checking email. • If you would like to borrow reading material, please let me know.

14. Readicide “The average amount of time spent reading for all grades is 7.1 minutes a day in public school around the nation.” Paul, T. (1996) Patterns of reading practice. Institute for Academic Excellence.

15. Readicide “The peak reading years are the fourth and fifth grades. By the time student reach high school, they are spending about as much time on literature-based reading as kindergarteners.” Paul, T. (1996) Patterns of reading practice. Institute for Academic Excellence.

16. Readicide Read-i-cide – n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools Gallagher, Kelly, (2009). Readicide: How schools are killing reading and what you can do about it. Stenhouse.

17. Aliteracy - When kids CAN read but choose NOT to • Dormant Reader • Uncommitted Reader • Unmotivated

18. So What? Creating Cultural Illiterates • Al who? (referencing al Qaeda) • What does GM mean?

19. Why Should I Read? 9 Reading Reasons • Reading is Rewarding • Reading builds a mature vocabulary • Reading makes you a better writer • Reading is hard, and “hard” is necessary • Reading makes you smarter • Reading prepares you for the world of work • Reading well is financially rewarding • Reading opens the door to college and beyond • Reading arms you against oppression

20. Reading builds mature vocabulary 5th grade study showed strong positive correlation with time spent reading and standardize testing performance. Anderson, R.C., Wilson, P.T., & Fielding L.G. (1988). “Growing in reading and how children spent their time outside of school.” Reading Research Quarterly 23:285-303.

21. Reading Makes you smarter “Students in the top 5 percent of national reading scores read 144 times more than students in the bottom 5 percent.” Paul, T. (1996) Patterns of reading practice. Institute for Academic Excellence.

22. Reading Prepares you for the World of Work • Background Knowledge • Performance for College • Improves Communication Murnane, R.T. (1996) Teaching the new basic skills: Principles for educating children to thrive in a changing economy. New York: Free Press.

23. changing face of literacy • Email • Wikis & Blogs • Internet – moving text & authenticity • Visual – Skipe

24. Reading arms you against oppression Socioeconomic status (SES) was related to proficiency across all reading tasks. Children in higher SES groups were more likely to be proficient than children in lower SES groups. U.S. Department of Education. 2000. The early childhood longitudinal study, Kindergarten class of 1998-1999. Washington, DC.

25. Reading arms you against oppression What schools do matter Districts in Tennessee & Texas have shown significant gains in reading achievement with Free Voluntary Reading that held up regardless of race, class, or prior achievement levels. Haycock, K. (2001). “Closing the achievement gap.” Educational Leadership 58, no. 6: 28-31.

26. What can you do? • Share/discuss interesting reads • Post current articles • Start an in-class library • Reading Minute

27. Reading Minute • Briefly share an interesting piece of reading. • Selections are from variety of genres & sources. • Sometimes the activity is a springboard into the lesson & sometimes it is a quick 1-2 minute sharing of text.

28. Things that make you laugh

29. Audio Books • www.Recordedbooks.com Blog http://recordedbooks.wordpress.com/ • Audio library for your iPod – www.audible.com

30. Social Forums http://www.goodreads.com/ • See what your friends are reading. • Keep track of what you've read & what you'd like to read. • Get great book recommendations from people you know. • Answer book trivia and collect your favorite quotes.

31. Morning Agenda • Introduction • Small Group SSR & Discussion • #1 • #2 • #3 BREAK • #4 • #5 • Closing