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Building Lifelong Readers
“Building lifelong readers has to
start here. Anyone who calls
herself or himself a reader can
tell you that it starts with
encountering great books,
heartfelt recommendations, and
a community of readers who
share this passion”
(Miller,
2009: 4)
Teachers noticed in the students that participated that they were mentally ready to
return to school.
Parents were surprised by the amount of reading being undertaken by their children:
“I can’t get my feet under the table with all the books John brought home”.
One of the students commented:
“I went to the public library every second week because I needed to get the next
books [in the series] to find out what happened.”
CONCLUSIONS:
(WHAT WORKED WELL AND WHY)
There were a number of key factors that led to the success of this programme. The first
was incorporating parental involvement into the reading programme. This ensured that
student would continue to read during the summer holidays. It was important that the
students were assessed at the beginning of the programme, so appropriate reading
material could be provided. Followingo n from this it was important to have a wide
variety of age appropriate texts so the students could choose their own reading
material. The opening hours of the school library were important in order for students
to access additional reading material.
LINKS TO FURTHER MATERIAL:
JCSP Programme
