Teaching Students to Love Reading
Do you remember the days when it was recommended that teachers should sit and read their own free-choice book during silent reading to model a love of reading? Did anyone actually manage to do this? Did it work?
In thinking about how many of us were once told that if we taught kids to love reading, they would become readers, I was reminded of this quote by Margaret Goldberg about what really did work - explicit and systematic instruction in all the areas you can see on the hearts above. She wrote, "Once they cracked the code, a love of reading began to flow. I was no longer trying to speak a love of reading into existence, I was watching my students discover it themselves." (
Click here to read the March 2020 blog post on Reading Rockets).
Thanks for all you do for the students you serve! As you grow your own knowledge and skills in all the areas of evidence-aligned reading instruction, you will hopefully see students begin to love to read. Or not. They don't have to love reading, but it is their right to be taught to read proficiently.
Happy February from the ORTIi Team
Beth, Lisa, Nicole and Ryan