1. Encouraging Students to Read

2. Transliteracy

3. Create a Reading Culture

4. #1 Don’t judge a reader
• Without judging any
form of reading as
superior- enable
students to find the
materials that work
best for them.
• Read anything: cereal
boxes, magazines,
posters, video game
instructions, graphic
novels.
Boudon, Rob. “Nintendo Entertainment System Action Set.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robboudon/541896482/
Liebig, Jason. “Sugar Crisp cereal box flat- Lil Abner Pop Out Picture-Front-1957.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonliebigstuff/2428825096/
Jones, Gwyneth. “Book Pass Lesson- Graphic Novels 2.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/info_grrl/7965710928/

5. #2 Offer a range of materials
• A key reason that
children ages 9-17
don’t read more books
for fun is that they
have trouble finding
books they like.
• Visit school library
websites, public library
blogs & other social
media sites for titles
suggestions.

6. #3 Provide time for dialogue
• Dialogue is a window into another person’s
reading experience and is an effective way to
get people excited about reading.
• Helps build a literacy bond.

7. #4 Build stamina
• Allow students to reread books to build
comprehension.
• “Quick reads” give students a successful
reading experience.
• Read different texts on one subject to help
students learn how people talk about the
same ideas in different ways.

8. #5 Teach students to curate their own
reading lives
• Empower students to
choose what they read
and to see themselves
as readers.
• Read different genres.
• Keep book lists on
bookmarks or online.

9. Works Cited
Allyn, Pam. “Taming the Wild Text.” Educational Leadership
March 2012. Web. 23 April 2013.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-
leadership/mar12/vol69/num06/Taming-the-Wild-Text.aspx
"TLT: Teen Librarian's Toolbox: 10 Tips for Parents (and
Librarians) Working with Reluctant Readers." TLT: Teen
Librarian's Toolbox: 10 Tips for Parents (and Librarians)
Working with Reluctant Readers. N.p., 17 Apr. 2013.
Web. 24 Apr. 2013.
<http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2013/04/10-tips-for-
parents-and-librarians.html>