How to Use Booktalks to Instill a Love of Reading
Booktalks not only help your class become strong, capable readers, they instill a life-long love of reading among your students, too.
While there are a number of effective strategies to instill a love of reading among your students, booktalks are one of the most fun and engaging. With weekly booktalks, your students will be inspired to really dig into the book they’re reading, but most importantly, they’ll develop important critical thinking, listening, and presentation skills they need to succeed inside and outside your classroom.
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Here are a few suggestions from the educators Stephanie Harvey and Annie Ward, authors of From Striving to Thriving: How to Grow Confident, Capable Readers, on how to conduct your own booktalk and inspire a love of reading among your students at the same time:
Booktalks are not only a wonderful and effective way to introduce your students to a wide variety of books and subject matters they’ll love to read, they’re key to helping your students grow as readers. For more booktalk tips and reading strategies, be sure to check out From Striving to Thriving. It’s filled with fun and innovative ways to meet the reading needs of all your students, helping them achieve reading success and become more confident in the classroom.