101 + WAYS TO
PROMOTE READING
MSTA Convention
November 12, 2010
Brenda Steffens
PK-12 Librarian
Morgan County R-I School
Stover
bsteffens@mcr1.stovermo.com
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Reading is to the
mind what exercise
is to the body.
Joseph Addison
1. Building Block Award
• Preschool through Kindergarten
• Missouri Library Association
• http://molib.org/BuildingBlock.html
2. Show Me Readers Award
• Grades first through third
• Missouri Association of School
Librarians
• http://www.maslonline.org/?page=s
howme_readers
3. Mark Twain Award
• Grades 4-5
• MASL
• Posters
4. Truman Award
• Grades 6-8
• MASL
• Posters
5. Gateway Award
• Grades 9-12
• MASL
• Posters
6. Caldecott Club
• Student read a certain number of Caldecott
winners and become a member of the club
• http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awa
rdsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldec
ottwinners/caldecottmedal.cfm
7. Newbery Club
• same as Caldecott
8. Reading Circle
• Sponsored by MSTA
• New guidelines
• www.msta.org/readingcircle
9. Read poster
• make your own or purchase from
ALA
READ POSTERS
10. Author visits
• can get a grant from Missouri State
Library
• http://www.sos.mo.gov/library/develop
ment/grants.asp
11. Skype
• Can’t afford an author you can Skype an
author for free.
http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/
12. Facebook
• School library Facebook with information
about books and activities.
13. Twitter
• Another way such as Facebook
• Follow other people and find out what
works
14. Children’s Book Week
• http://www.bookweekonline.com/
• May2-8, 2011
The more that you read,
the more things you will
know. The more that you
learn, the more places
you’ll go. Dr. Seuss
15. Teen Week
• http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yals
a/teenreading/trw/trw2010/home.cfm
• Wrestle Mania
16. National Gaming Day
• Nov. 13—can get free game by signing
up.
• Sponsor this event in your library or
classroom.
17. Poetry Month
• April
• http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID
/41
18. Humor Month
• April
• Joke Contest
• http://www.humormonth.com/
19. National Book Month
• http://www.nationalbook.org/nbm.html
• October
20. Read a New Book Month
• December/September
21. National Young Readers Day
• November 9
• Created by Pizza Hut
22. National Game and Puzzle Week
• November 21-26, 2010
23. Book Club for students
• Meet during lunch
• Read any type of book and talk about it
24. Book Clubs for staff
• Meet weekly at 7:15
• Bagels and coffee
• Have a name—TMZ
• Read different books
25. Reading Bags—Bulldog Read Bags
• Each bag has 7 books and send home
once a week
26. Summer Reading Program
• Can work with public library or get a
grant from the Missouri State Library
• Grant is due November 15
27. Book Mobile
• Deliver books in the summer to areas
that don’t have access to books
28. I Love this book
• video with students showing their
favorite book saying “I Love This Book”
• Show video at lunch or in the library
29. Paper
• Demco sells special paper
30. Movie Nights
• Show movies in the library.
• Get a license.
Children are made
readers on the laps
of their parents.
31. Magazines
• Buy magazines the students really like
and want to read.
32. Kindle/Nook
• Have eBooks for the students.
33. Playaways
• Great for students who may not like to
read
34. Graphic Novels
35. Videos /DVD
• Let students check out
36. Book Displays
• New books, Award books, holidays, etc
37. Signs
• Display some books with a sign that
says “These books were purchased for
the Middle School Students”
38. Stuffed animals
• Book characters
• Kohl's
39. Decorations
• Lots of book related and book character
items
40. T-shirts
• Wear reading related shirts. Stop Falling,
Highsmith, Kohl's, ect.
• Decorating
• Design your own
41. Tattoos
• Reading tattoos and make special ones
42. Magnets for Car
• Bulldogs Read
43. Fair and parades
• Hand out tattoos at fairs and drive car in
parades.
44. Theme
• Use one theme—Bulldogs Read
“There is more
treasure in books than
in all the pirate’s loot
on Treasure Island.”
Walt Disney
45. Bulletin Boards
• Different themes
46. Slide Picture Frames
• Pictures
• Book trailers
• Activities
47. Signs outside of teachers classrooms
that say “I’m reading________________
48. Bookmark contest
49. Poster contest
50. Book trailers
• YouTube
• Make your own.
• Photo 3
• Schooltube
• Teachertube
51. Blogs
• Award
52. Dress Up Days
• Get tied up in reading
• Reading comes in all colors.
• Hats off to reading
• Go hunting for a good book
• Sock it to Reading
• Stick to reading—Stickers
• Favorite characters
• Don’t sweat it! Read
• Peace out
53. Book Fairs
54. Record your own book blurbs
• Use recording cards
55. Reading Quotes
• http://www.etni.org.il/quotes/reading.htm
• http://www.quotegarden.com/books.html
56. Author websites
• http://www.delicious.com/
57. Newsletters
• Keep parents and students informed
58. Day Cares
• Read to the kids
• Let them have books also
59. Use this poem before reading a bookIn this box is a surprise for you.
To make you feel happy when you are blue.
To make you feel as special as you are like a bright
and shining twinkling star.
Let’s open up the box, Oh my, take a look.
It’s a gift for my friends. It’s a ___________ book.
We will sit by the story bench as quiet as can be and
read this story just you and me.
60. Post pictures of kids reading.
• Adults also
61. Newspapers
• Spread the news about reading.
62. Costumes
• Rent or borrow book character costumes
• http://www.costumespecialists.com/childre
ns_book_characters.html
Reading is the basic
tool in the living of a
good life.
Mortimer J. Adler
63. Teen Nights
• Crafts, activities, special events for teens.
64. Student Advisory Committees
• Middle School
• High School
65. Contests
• Prizes for contests
66. 100 books in a year.
• Challenge the students and staff to read
100 books in one school year
• Blog your books
67. Books as prizes
68. Quilts
• Decorate with quilts that the students help
make.
69. Publishers
• Will send bookmarks, posters, galley
copies and even books for free.
70. Workshops
• Great place to get ideas
• Missouri State Library puts on free
workshops
71. Books
• Buy what they want to read
72. Web Junction
• join this discussion group and take classes
and have a chance to communicate with
other librarians
73. Listservs
• Lm_Net
• MASL
74. Grants
• Missouri State Library offers lots
• Pepsi
• Target
• Dollar General
75. Reading Extravaganza
• Celebrate reading
• Games
• Crafts
• Food
76. Post signs outside of school
77. White board with speakers
78. Calendars
• Display book character calendars in the
library
79. Clocks
• Highsmith or decorate your own.
80. Story Bench
81. Activity Kits
• Online to go along with books
82. Book Swaps
• Hold book swaps so students can
exchange books
83. Poetry
• Poem in my pocket
84. Nonfiction
86. Flip cameras
• Record book trailers
• Record book blurbs
• Easy to use
86. Dear time or SSR
87. Suggestion Box
• Students can make suggestions easily
88. Book Review Wall
• Students write book reviews and post on
the wall
89. Pumpkins
• Pumpkin carvings in the library
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/
• aj_fotos/sets/
• 72157625109250067/
“A book is like a
garden carried in your
pocket.”
Chinese Proverb
90. Professional Books
91. Songs
• Use songs to promote reading
92. Signature on E-mail—Now
reading________
96. Jewelry
96. All I Really Needed to Know We Learned
From Children’s Books
All We Really Needed to Know We Learned From Children's Books
(Seen in the 1998 movie "You've Got Mail!")
Do something to make the world more beautiful. (Miss
Rumphius)
Clean up the house when you're through playing. (Cat in the Hat)
You don't have to fight if you don't want to. (The Story of
Ferdinand the Bull)
We're all meant to need each other. (Missing May)
Stay golden. (The Outsiders)
If you think you can, you can. (The Little Engine That Could)
Don't leave home without your purple crayon! (Harold and the
Purple Crayon)
Eat a balanced meal every day. (Bread and Jam for Frances)
There's no place like home. (The Wizard of Oz)
Never eat someone else's vegetables. (The Tale of Peter Rabbit)
It doesn't matter how small you are. (The Borrowers)
It doesn't matter how big you are. (The BFG)
Don't cross the street without your mother! (Make Way for
Ducklings)
Never eat the last piece of the puzzle! (Curious George Goes to
the Hospital)
Ole Golly is right. Sometimes you have to die. (Harriet the Spy)
Be glad you live in a world where there are Octobers. (Anne of
Green
Gables)
Expect all the summers to be magic ones. (Gone Away Lake)
A person is a person no matter how small. (Horton Hatches an
Egg)
“There is no substitute
for books in the life of
a child.”
Mary Ellen Chase
98. Puppets
• www.kizclub.com
• Interactive stories
• Involve the students
99. Critter Sitters
• Bag with a small stuffed animal, puzzle,
book, and activity sheet .
• Take turns taking it home.
100. Vote for your favorite books
• Hold an election and have the students pick
out their favorite books.
101. Puzzles
102. Library Cards and Book Sticks
• Mark where popular authors and or series
are located for the students.
102. Prizes that reflect reading
• Have students pick out prizes that they
would like. High School Students
especially.
103. Dial a Story
• Have students or teachers record a
different story each week.
104. Coffee House Night
• Host a night and let students perform
• Serve coffee, hot chocolate, etc
105. One Book
• Hold one of your own
• Participate in one
106. Authors birthdays
107. Wal-Mart, Target, etc
• Display or have a special activity for Dr.
Seuss’ birthday, or special reading days
108. Very Hungry Caterpillar Day
• Read the story over the intercom with
each teacher having a copy of the book
in their room.
• March 20
109. Bulldog Reading Nights
•Held monthly—well almost monthly at the
three locations
•Programs held for parents and for the kids
•Teachers sign up to attend at least one
Reading Night a month
•Each month has a theme
110. READ, READ, READ!
• Be an example
“Today a reader,
tomorrow a
leader.”
W. Fusselman
You Can Learn to Read
You’re staring at the page and you’re upset*
You can’t understand a single word that it says*
You just can’t read the story like they do*
You’re in your room, it’s a typical day, you’re bored*
You need to read to let your imagination soar*
But you just can’t read the stories like they do*
So many good books, open up and take a look*
But with silent Es, Qs and Us, you’re getting confused*
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find*
That you can make some sense out of all those little lines*
If you could see how all those letters work together*
Line ‘em up and sound ‘em out, then you’d see*
You can learn to read, you can learn to read*
Reading all the words and knowing what they mean*
I can’t help thinking this is how it ought to be*
Laughing on a park bench, reading to yourself--Hey, isn’t this easy?*
There’s somethin’ ‘bout reading that can turn your life around*
‘Specially when you find a book that you can’t put down*
You say you’re fine, I know you better than that*
I know you wanna read a book like that*
History and dinosaurs, fairy tales, cookbooks*
Animals and astronauts, Goosebumps and joke books*
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find*
That you can make some sense out of all those little lines*
If you could see how all those letters work together*
Line ‘em up and sound ‘em out, then you’d see*
You can learn to read*
Standing by and watching how your mom reads*
All this time, how could you not know, baby?*
You can learn to read, you can learn to read*
Oh, pretty soon you’ll be reading ‘neath the covers in the middle of the night*
All the books that make you laugh and the books that make you cry*
You’ll have your favorite ones and you’ll share them with your friends*
Think I know it won’t belong, think I know how this will end….*
*Inspired by Taylor Swift’s “You Belong with Me”; new lyrics by Kristi Hazelrigg *
• Kristi Hazelrigg, who is the librarian at Parkview
Elementary in Oklahoma City has created a video
to help reluctant younger readers feel better
about the sometimes daunting aspects of learning
to read. She got the idea for the video last summer
while listening to Taylor Swift’s son, “You Belong to
Me.” She wrote her own lyrics, and SINGS IT
HERSELF!!!
• Here are the links to her video: On 4shared:
https://www.4shared.com/video/R1F0ZC_g/You_
Can_Learn_to_Read.html
• On YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeHgVhZ7RF
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