50 Strategies for Motivating Reluctant Readers


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Find concrete ways to support unwilling, unengaged, or struggling readers! This professional resource includes easy-to-implement classroom strategies and activities to help teachers reach reluctant readers. Have your students mastered the art of avoiding reading? Written by English teacher and literacy expert Heidi Crumrine, 50 Strategies for Reluctant Readers gives educators ideas for how to provide a variety of reading opportunities for students who don’t like to read. These quick, accessible strategies are perfect for getting readers engaged and excited. From building literacy to fostering a love of reading, this book offers K–12 teachers the support they need to help reluctant readers thrive.




50 Strategies for Motivating Reluctant Readers ebook


Book Description

Find concrete ways to support unwilling, unengaged, or struggling readers! This professional resource includes easy-to-implement classroom strategies and activities to help teachers reach reluctant readers. Have your students mastered the art of avoiding reading? Written by English teacher and literacy expert Heidi Crumrine, 50 Strategies for Reluctant Readers gives educators ideas for how to provide a variety of reading opportunities for students who don't like to read. These quick, accessible strategies are based on the science of reading and are perfect for getting readers engaged and excited. From building literacy to fostering a love of reading, this book offers K–12 teachers the support they need to help reluctant readers thrive.




50 Strategies for Learning without Screens ebook


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In a world buzzing with screens, 50 Strategies for Learning without Screens offers educators engaging, hands-on learning experiences tailored for various grade levels. Each strategy deliberately steps away from the digital noise, concentrating on future-ready skills such as curiosity, critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and compassion. These practical strategies are crafted to engage students and foster deeper learning competencies. This resource provides strategies that empower students to navigate a world driven by innovation, adaptability, and critical thinking. With complete sample lessons and digital resources, educators can seamlessly integrate these strategies into their curriculum. The adaptability of each strategy allows customization to fit individual content, style, and, most importantly, the diverse needs of students, making education a personalized and enriching journey.




Motivating Reluctant Readers


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Representing views on many facets of reluctant readers, the chapters in this book provide suggestions for working with students who function at a frustration level and those who have an aversion to reading. Specific topics discussed in the book's nine chapters are: (1) building language experiences for reluctant readers, (2) home remedies, (3) using popular music as a motivation device, (4) recent adolescent literature as an alternative to serial books, (5) starter shelves in content area classrooms, (6) using student publishers to promote book sharing, (7) motivating children to read through improved self-concept, (8) the camera as a tool for teaching reading, and (9) services that can be provided by the reading laboratory or resource room. (FL)




How to Motivate Reluctant Learners


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Robyn R. Jackson explains how to engage even the most resistant students by identifying and shaping the key investments you want them to make in your classroom.




Motivating Students


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Learn why students disengage and how to motivate them to achieve success with a five-step framework. Research-based strategies and fun activities show how to instill a lasting love of learning in students of any age. Classroom tips and troubleshooting advice for common motivation problems prepare readers for the real-world ups and downs of motivating students.




The Fluent Reader


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Introduces oral reading teaching methods for developing word recognition and comprehension in students.




Motivating Struggling Learners


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Every day, teachers face the challenge of motivating struggling learners. In this must-have book, Barbara R. Blackburn, author of the bestseller Rigor Is Not a Four-Letter Word, shares how you can finally solve this problem and make your classroom a rigorous place where all students want to succeed. You’ll learn practical strategies for... understanding extrinsic and intrinsic motivation; building a trusting relationship with students; using praise and positive feedback effectively; empowering students and helping them own their learning; moving students toward a growth mindset; communicating high expectations for students; engaging all students in your lessons; scaffolding so all students will want to improve; helping students be resilient and not fear failure; and celebrating diverse groups of students. Each chapter is filled with a variety of examples and tools that you can use immediately. Bonus: Many of the tools are also available as free eResources on our website, www.routledge.com/9781138792432, so you can easily download and print them for classroom use.




You Can Motivate Reluctant Readers for Ages 7-11


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YOU CAN Motivate Reluctant readers AGES 7-11 * Provides the strategies for finding out why some children are reluctant to read andtThen suggestions for tackling the issues. * Easy to use at-a-glance format * Includes quick reference problem related index. 'Reluctancee to read is not confined only to lower-attaining pupils reluctant readers can sometimes read very well but are not motivated' ('Reading for Purpose and Pleasure', Ofsted) Titles in the series include: Create a Calm Classroom Ages 4-7 Create a Calm Classroom Ages 7-11 Create a Thinking Classroom Ages 4-7 Create a Thinking Classroom Ages 7-11 Use an Interactive Whiteboard Ages 5-7 Use an Interactive Whiteboard Ages 7-11 Survive your Early Years Inspection Ages 3-5 Improve your Children's Writing Ages 4-7 Improve Your Children's Writing Ages 7-11 Teach your Class to Listen Ages 4-7 Teach your Class to Listen Ages 7-11 Have a Creative Classroom Ages 4-7 Have a Creative Classroom Ages 7-11 Make the Most of of The National Year of Reading Ages 4-11 Have a Green Schoo Ages 4-11 Motivate Reluctant Readers Ages 4-




Exemplary Instruction in the Middle Grades


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Offering fresh alternatives to common instructional practices that fail to get results, this accessible, highly practical guide highlights ways to motivate middle school students while enhancing content-area learning. Each chapter features an enlightening case study of a teacher whose current strategies are not supported by research; describes effective instructional alternatives, illustrated with concrete examples; and lists online resources and lesson examples. Emphasis is given to supporting critical engagement with texts and drawing on technology and new literacies. The book covers specific content areas?including science, social studies, math, and literature?as well as ways to teach oral literacy and writing across the curriculum. ?