Increasing the literacy rate for children K-6 help their ability of learning to read. These positive skills are applied later on as they read to learn. Here is a series of good reading slogans used to increase encouragement and good reading habits. These currently exist and have been used by others for the purpose of raising awareness towards children reading.
A book a day keeps boredom away.
Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.
Be the MVP of reading.
Better read than dead.
Blast Off with Books.
Books: Food for the Brain.
Born to read.
Dig into reading.
Dive into a good book.
Dream big, Read.
Each Book You Read Adds a New Shelf to Your Brain.
Edible books for your mind.
Enter a different world – read!
Expand your mind, read a book.
Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
Feast your eyes on a good book!
Feel the Need …the need to READ!
Fight evil. Read books.
Find out more about the world you live in, Read.
Fly high into knowledge.
Free your imagination, and the journey begins.
Get Book Smart.
Get lost in a good book.
Get on board and read.
Give a hoot. Read a book.
Give the Give of Love – Read to Someone.
Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card.
I read my readings and I wrote my writings.
I support reading united!
I’m on safari – read!
If the book fits, read it.
If you can read this, Thank a teacher.
If you can’t Read, you can’t Write.
If you read, you can succeed.
If you think reading is boring, you’re doing it wrong.
In order to succeed, you must read!
Knowledge is a seed that grows when you read.
Learn a ton, Reading is fun.
Let me Read you what I Wrote.
Let your imagination explore, Read more.
Listen to Your Children, Read to Your Children.
Make friends with a book!
Never judge a book by it’s movie.
No commercials in a book.
On your marks, get set, READ!
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
One world. Many stories.
Page by page, book by book, no need to wait, just take a look.
Quenching your thirst for good books.
Read – You’d be surprised what You find.
Read and write to become a more wholesome self.
Read for Fun, Fantasy, Fiction.
Read for Knowledge & Know How.
Read or Die.
Read Read Look Look What great things are in a book.
Read readily.
Read the fine print, Read between the lines.
Read to succeed Take A Look…Read A Book!
Read until the ink runs dry.
Read What You Write.
Read Your Child’s Writings.
Read Your Writings.
Read! Morning, Noon, and Night.
Read! You’d be surprised what you find.
Read! Young and Old!
Read, Lead, Succeed.
Read…It’s A Need You Can Feed!
Reading – Opening All to Self.
Reading feeds the Imagination.
Reading forever!
Reading Grows on You.
Reading helps your seed of knowledge grow.
Reading is cool!
Reading is fun.
Reading is the key. Believe me!
Reading is the way to start each day.
Reading makes the world go round.
Reading Opens Doors!
Reading really matters.
Reading to Your Brain, is Like Eating to Your Stomach!
Reading/Writing – The Silent Explosion.
Reading: Travel the world, no gas required!
Reading…Do It for You!
Sail on a Sea of Books.
Score big with reading.
Sport for eyes- reading!
Tackle a good book.
Take a look, it’s in a book.
There’s a lesson every day and the Bible is the Way.
Those who lead love to read.
To exceed, you must read.
Today a reader. Tomorrow a leader.
Travel anyplace for free. Read.
Travel to the stars, Read!
Water your mind. Read.
We read to know that we are not alone.
Where do you want to go today? Find it in a book.
With books you can go places.
Write to Your Children.
Write Your Readings.
You’re never alone when you’re reading a book.
The infographic below outlines 10 easy tips to follow for helping to encourage children to read. Ensuring books are made available in every room will increase accessibility to ready materials and build interest.
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Literacy Library - Guided Reading 101 Our literacy library is quite amazing. We are both blessed and fortunate to have a principal who cares so much about literacy and has invested so much into the success of the guided reading program. In this book we have an English 101 class explaining what “literacy” means to them and the way this word has gained meaning as they have grown older and gone through many experiences. The personal stories that are shared within these pages reflect where reading and writing started for each student and the way that their literacy journey.
What are the key critical reading skills, and how do we use them to comprehend? And why does background knowledge matter?
This section presents my latest thinking on comprehension with The Comprehension Process Staircase as a visual aid.
(Illustration by Sandy Gingras, whose Website is here.)
Here's an important essay on why background knowledge matters: 'There's No Such Thing as a Reading Test' in The American Prospect by E.D. Hirsch and Robert Pondiscio (June 13, 2010)
Here are two video training modules that explain key topics on this page:
Comprehension Process MODULE: This 23-min SELF-PACED video explains The Comprehension Process Staircase and how to use the Quadrant Analysis Approach to images (reinforcing the comprehension process with visual analysis). For more resources to support your work around comprehension, please check out the following:
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This 20-min SELF-PACED video explains the four key critical reading skills (paraphrasing, inference, vocabulary in context, and summarizing/inferring main idea) and how to teach them. NOTE: Watch The Comprehension Process MODULE before this one. For more resources to support your work around key critical reading skills, please check out the following:
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Here are the 4 key critical reading skills:
| SKILL | WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT ENTAILS | TESTING CODE WORDS |
PARAPHRASING (AKA Literal Comprehension) | “The man fell down.”-> “He collapsed.” Paraphrasing means “translating literally” or “putting something in your own words.” This requires you to:
NEW: For a useful strategy, seeHow to Paraphrase-3rd grade Practice, How to Paraphrase-MS Practice, How to Paraphrase-HS Practice. For tips on how to create critical reading questions, see How to Create Critical Reading Questions: A Recipe. See also Rewordify.com, a powerful, free, online software that intelligently simplifies difficult English, for faster comprehension (IN OTHER WORDS, it paraphrases for you). |
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INFERENCE (AKA Extended Reasoning) | “The man fell down.”-> “He must have been sick.” Inference entails drawing a conclusion, making a prediction/guess, or figuring something out. To do this, you need facts/information, and you need to ask questions about the given information. See the comprehension process described below for more explanation. NEW:Paraphrasing and Inference Organizer AND Quotations to Paraphrasing and Inference in the Download Zone will help students practice these skills. Also check out Character Traits: Quote and Explain and Question-Inference-Evidence & Explanation ORGANIZER, Question-Inference-Evidence & Explanation ORGANIZER MODEL, and Question-Inference-Evidence & Explanation ORGANIZER MODEL LESSON PLAN Here's a fun way to invite students to apply their inference skills: Read 'The Conversation Piece' by Ned Guymon (which originally appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in 1950) and figure out what is going on in this dialogue. |
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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT | “They’re not interested in being diverted from their direction with alternative routes.” The word “diverted” in this context means A) amused Vocabulary in context requires you to infer meaning of words using the context and your prior knowledge. |
NOTE: At least one distractor will use an alternative meaning of the word in question. In this example, “A” is the distractor. |
FINDING MAIN IDEA/ARGUMENT (AKA Summarizing) | The main idea of this passage is
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How do we use these skills to comprehend? See below. Start at the bottom.
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| Draw new inferences and generate more explanations. These join your prior knowledge/skills. |
| Ask more questions… |
MORE “TEXT” + | Paraphrase, etc. This “text” may confirm or challenge your prior knowledge/previous inferences. FOR EXAMPLE: If the next sentence says, 'He had had a fever all day,' your prior inference is confirmed. If, however, the next sentence is 'He should've bought the shoes with velcro straps,' you would correct your incorrect prior assumption/inference. |
INFERENCE(S) -> EXPLANATION | Draw inferences in response to your questions, and support them with explanations. These infererences and explanations join your prior knowledge/skills. |
| Ask questions based on paraphrasing/translation and your prior knowledge/skills. FOR EXAMPLE: Given the case of the falling man, you might ask, 'WHY did he collapse?' You might recall prior instances of seeing people tripping over shoelaces, fainting, or being knocked down. |
YOU APPLY IT/ THEM TO “TEXT.” ^ | PARAPHRASE: Put the “text” in your own words. NOTE: “Text” could be almost anything: words, pictures, or a situation (e.g., reading the defense on a basketball court).
FOR EXAMPLE: Given the text 'The man fell down,' you could paraphrase this as 'He collapsed.' For a useful strategy, see How to Paraphrase-3rd grade Practice,How to Paraphrase-MS Practice, How to Paraphrase-HS Practice in the Download Zone. |
YOU HAVE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE/ ^ Start here. | You approach the 'text' with your prior knowledge, which includes:
NOTE: If your 'prior knowledge' is incorrect, it will affect your ability to process the 'text.' FOR EXAMPLE: If you believe that 5 times 5 is 30, then when faced with a math word problem requiring the multiplication of 5 x 5, you will not solve the problem correctly. |
For more information on strategies for teaching the 4 key critical reading skills, see Reading Comprehension Strategies Overviewin the Download Zone. For a 'Sample LESSON PLAN to LABEL CRITICAL READING QUESTIONS,' see MS English Lessons & Units. Want to review the FOUR CRITICAL READING SKILLS (paraphrasing, inference, vocabulary in context, and summarizing/inferring main idea) and teach your students how to identify test questions that deal with these skills? Check out this Sample LESSON PLAN TO LABEL CRITICAL READING QUESTIONS and HANDOUTS for the lesson. Also, see READING Home Page for other helpful subsections.
Sometimes, to demonstrate comprehension, we want students to explain quotations. Check out the Explanatory Quote Response Organizer and Explanatory Quote Response Organizer MODEL.
Literacy Libraryguided Reading 101 Lesson
For additional excellent resources on reading instruction (esp. nonfiction text support), even if your state doesn't use PARCC assessments, check out the PARCC Prep page.
IN THE DOWNLOAD ZONE for Comprehension 101: