student reading achievement

LinkingClassroom andLibrary Reading

Strategies toImproved Student

Achievement

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How do we take the stress out ofthe testing process?

• We motivate the students!



How do we motivate thestudents?

• We educate the teachers!!!



Why do we need to be educated?

v According to Kelly Gallagher, author of Readicide(2009), we are committing four educational “sins”:v Valuing the development of the test-taker more than the

development of the reader;v Limiting authentic reading experiences;v Overteaching books; andv Underteaching books. (p. 5)

v For this reason, teachers continuously pour informationinto students’ brains without allowing them the time toabsorb any of it.



• This, in turn, has caused students to losetheir love of reading.



– How can this link help turn the unengagedreader into a motivated lifelong reader?

– How can making this link improve student testscores?

What can we do to avoidcommitting Readicide?



• According to O. Tunnell, Jacobs, Young, andBryan, the benefits of reading include:– Increases reading pace– Strengthens vocabulary skills– Raises reading comprehension skills– Enhances verbal fluency– Augments understanding of reading activities– Improves performance on achievement tests– Expands cultural understanding

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• Quality – Reading Elements can be determined– See Handout

• Taste – Does the reader like the book? Can thereader relate to the content?

• Well-written – Does the book utilize vocabulary,figurative language, and dialogue effectively?

• Well-illustrated – Are the illustrations attractive?Do they help to establish the reading elementsof the story?



What Can We Do To MotivateOur Students To Read?



• Independent Reading Time (D.E.A.R.Time)

• Adult Read-Alouds• Discussion/Book Talks

• Having Choices• Exploration of Literature



• Allowing students time to read books thatthey have chosen.

• The time provided is enough to allow themto enjoy the reading and not stress out.– Also known as DEAR or SSR time.



Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind byJudy Finchler and Kevin O’Malley

• When the entireschool decides to seta reading goal of1,000 books, MissMalarkey must workto find the perfectbook for the difficultreaders in her class.



• In addition to allowing students the time toread independently, support has also beengiven to motivating students to readthrough adult read-alouds.

• Cunningham points out that “[o]ne of thesimplest ways to motivate children to readat all grade levels is for teachers to read totheir classes.” (2005, p. 89)



Testing Miss Malarkeyby Judy Finchler

• As students preparefor the I.P.T.U. test(InstructionalPerformance ThroughUnderstanding Test),one child tells, fromhis point-of-view, howeveryone in hisschool is reacting tothe approaching test.



• “Researchers indicate that motivation is a toppredictor of whether students will engage withtexts in meaningful ways” (Morrison &Wlodarczyk, 2009, p. 111).

• Book talks are an excellent way to get studentsto share why they are drawn to certain books orgenres.

• Book clubs can invite groups of students to readand discuss the same book.



• Students need to be provided with a widevariety of reading materials to encouragethe reading process.

• These materials need to span across thecurriculum to ensure that all content areasare covered.



Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!By Dr. Seuss, Jack Prelutsky, & Lane Smith

• When the students atDiffendoofer Schoolhear that they mustpass a test in order tokeep the school open,they wonder if theirunusual curriculumwill be sufficient tohelp them make thegrade.



• Genre: The type of literature being read• Handout from Gallagher (101 Books)



• Collaboration of classroom teachers andschool librarians is becoming more necessaryin order to ensure that curriculumrequirements for teaching state standards arebeing met.v In an article by Terry Young pertaining to collection development in the

school library, he states that “[w]hen the school librarian is activelyinvolved in the instructional program of the school, collaborating withteachers and teaching information literacy skills, correlation studiesshow that academic achievement is higher” (Young, 2010, p. 20).

Linking Teacher/LibrarianCollaboration to Student

Achievement



Linking Library Programs toStudent Achievement

• Findings in a study done by Ken Haycock (2011)reveal that Canadian schools that maintainlibraries that are “easily accessed, well-funded,well-staffed, well-managed, well-stocked,integrated and heavily used” correlate to highertest performance than those schools that do notplace a lot of emphasis on their library mediacenter (p. 37).



Book Fair Day by Lynn Plourde

• This is a humorousstory about a boywho cannot wait togo to the library tocheck out the newbooks that havearrived in the bookfair.



• The following acronyms were developed toprovide teachers with a different

perspective on TCAP:



• Using the word STRESS, build anacronym that will help you turn this tensefeeling into one that you can overcome!!!



Are You Committing Readicide?

• Complete Gallagher’s“Hard Talk Checklist”to find out.

• How can it bestopped?– 50/50 approach– One pagers



Gallagher, K., & Allington, R. L. (2009). Readicide: how schoolsare killing reading and what you can do about it. Portland, Me.:Stenhouse Publishers. Used with permission.



Gallagher, K., & Allington, R. L. (2009). Readicide: how schoolsare killing reading and what you can do about it. Portland, Me.:Stenhouse Publishers.

p. 117Used with permission.



Gallagher, K., & Allington, R. L. (2009). Readicide:how schools are killing reading and what you cando about it. Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers.

Used with permission.



References• Beim, L., Beim, J., & Crichlow, E. (1945). Two is a team. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co..• Cunningham, P. (2005). If they don’t read much, how they ever gonna get good? The

Reading Teacher, 59(1), 88-90. Retrieved July 1, 2011, from the Wilson Web database.• Finchler, J., & Malley, K. (2000). Testing Miss Malarkey. New York: Walker & Co..• Finchler, J., & Malley, K. (2006). Miss Malarkey leaves no reader behind. New York: Walker

& Co. :.• Gallagher, K., & Allington, R. L. (2009). Readicide: how schools are killing reading and what

you can do about it. Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers.• Haycock, K. (2011). Connecting British Columbia (Canada) school libraries and student

achievement: A comparison of higher and lower performing schools with similar overallfunding. School Library Worldwide, 17(1), 37-50. Retrieved July 7, 2011, from the WilsonWeb database.

• Morrison, V., & Wlodarczyk, L. (2009). Revisiting read-aloud: Instructional strategies thatencourage students’ engagement with texts. The Reading Teacher, 63(2), 110-118.Retrieved July 1, 2011 form the Wilson Web database.

• Plourde, L., & Wickstrom, T. (2006). Book Fair Day. New York: Dutton Children's Books.• Seuss, D., Prelutsky, J., & Smith, L. (1998). Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!. New York: Knopf

:.• Tunnell, M. O. (2012). Children's literature, briefly (5th ed.). Boston: Pearson.• Young, T. (2010). Aligning collection development with instructional and learning needs.

School Library Monthly, 26(10), 20-22. Retrieved June 30, 2011, from the Wilson Webdatabase.

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