Chapter+9

__**Chapter Nine: Building Healthy Reading Habits**__ The "Funny Books Club" jumped out at me instantly. I love to be funny. I love to read funny things. I love to make people laugh and I LOVE it when a kid reads something they think is funny and comes to me to share the part in the book. They say..."Mrs. Dawson, read this part..." and then stare at my face to see if I will laugh and think the book is funny just like they do. Even as a grown up, I love to read something that will make me just start to laugh. I was recently reading the first chapter of Tina Fey's book "Bossy Pants" and I laughed so hard for the whole chapter that my husband thought I might be having some medical problems...he came into the room where I was reading to see if I was ok...when I laugh while I read, it makes me love to read even more! I think kids feel that way too...so...introducing them to anything that will make them love reading even more is a perfect plan to me! Bring on the Funny Books Club! Carol Dawson
 * 1) 1. We can all agree that we want to hook our readers while they are young. There are numerous suggestions in this chapter for reading clubs to "hook" our readers. Which reading club cyles appealed to you and why? Explain.
 * Respond Here:**
 * I'm a storyteller. This is one that I think I can use at the beginning of the year. Minilessons based on our stories. This is one I can teach strategies the children will need to be part of a book club. My research can help me lead the children to right fit books. These clubs can be presented during a celebration when this club is over. The Authors' Club is appealing because children tend to gravitate toward certain authors. Again this is a great opportunity for children to teach their classmates about a variety of authors.**
 * Margaret Fox**

Chapter 9 Question #1 from Bobbi Friend – The beginning of this chapter that featured different reading clubs seemed as if they would be too simple for my students. Reading like a storyteller club, my first chapter book club, funny books club, and author club are all developed for younger readers. The only exception would be the author club because that could be developed for readers of any age. I do plan to use an author club with my students and develop it based on their interests. There are so many amazing authors that this club can be appropriate for any age!
 * The reading clubs that appeal to me are the series clubs, author clubs and non-fiction clubs. As I already stated in the previous chapter I am thinking about starting the year out with a series book club. I think that the poetry, character and healthy reading clubs are also interesting as well. I am going to do an author club next I think after the series, as long as I can find enough suitable books for everyone. SLG**

I would need to know my students, and how they handle the other Reading Clubs. I would drop hints if I saw a “healthy habit” a student could use. I could definitely see a “Stamina Club” with some of the students I work with. – Fran Olesen

They all look good! I'm pretty sure I'll have some (but not all) students who would benefit from "My First Chapter Book Club". Some students really need that nudge. I can see them feeling quite proud when they accomplish it. Since I have 3 grades, their accomplishment could be encouraging to others. I like "reading Like a Storyteller Club" because it's yet another way to work on fluency. It will also give them a way and reason to perform for others which can be a big motivator. Krista Raffenaud


 * Two of the reading clubs mention on pages 158-159 stood out to me as really hooking in readers. I can see my students really liking the First Chapter Book club and the Funny Books club. The Funny Books club would be great to do at the start of the year I think. It would be one where kids could really enjoy themselves, have fun reading the books, and not be too overwhelmed. We could get into some author's purpose discussion on what the author chose to use humor in various ways. But this would help kids feel the flow of reading clubs and how we work through them. Then maybe we would move on to a different club with more deep thinking or other skills to focus on. I also think there is a segment of kids who would really get excited about the First Chapter books club. Many kids are happy about making this transition to books they perceive to be for older kids, so I know some would be really motivated by this club. **
 * --Kristy Weberg-- **
 * 1) 2. Many of us have heard the startling statistics on summer loss for those children who spend the summer months **not** reading. These statistics are reason enough for The Healthy Habits Clubs. Comment on how you might use these reading clubs as an impetus to create summer readers in your classroom.
 * 1) 2. Many of us have heard the startling statistics on summer loss for those children who spend the summer months **not** reading. These statistics are reason enough for The Healthy Habits Clubs. Comment on how you might use these reading clubs as an impetus to create summer readers in your classroom.

I have been thinking about how we can reach more children next summer with our "Book Mobile" program. All children need to read. So as I was discussing this with friend and colleague. we thought that we could create reading clubs around our community. We have been visiting children for the last eight weeks, two times a week. So what if we set up clubs covering a wide variety of subjects an have the kids meet us in an area that is easy for them to get to. We can work on strategies then let them choose books that is the theme for that week. After club work the books go home for further study. I'm just thinking;)

Margaret Fox

Oh my gosh....I so remember the "Book Mobile" that used to come to our neighborhood during the summer months. I remember driving my mom crazy wishing that it could come every day. That was such a big "thing" for us to do in the summer. I so wish that my own children could have experienced the Book Mobile. I think kids now days don't take enough trips to the library or even have that Book Mobile experience. I love the idea that M. Fox had to create reading clubs "Book Mobile" experiences for the children in the community.J. Baker

I feel that the Healthy Reading Clubs would definately help educators with the job of keeping kids reading. After reading this chapter I came away with lots of thoughts. I have to remember to always read with passion whenever I read aloud-I have to show a true love for any text I read. I think that my enthusiasm for reading will be contagious to my class. I think reading club partnerships will be the icing on the cake. I think the kids will devour the book club partnerships and by only planning to offer 4 cycles I think they will be "hungry" for more and that will take us to summer break. I think I will offer a evening planning session where I will invite the parents to come in with their students to show them their child's summer reading goals. I will encourage the parents to become involved in their student's summer reading plan because ultimately they will need transportation to the library or another way to get books. Our school has a reading coach who sits at the district library for about 3 hours a week and she would be a great asset in supporting the kids' reading and their projects. I think it would be great to plan some kind of informal get together with my students over the summer in order to catch up and share what we have all done as readers (and end with ice cream sundaes, of course)! I think that if the kids know I will continue to be interested in them as readers and add to it a little ice cream incentive they will want to continue the great work that became a part of them over the school year. I am very excited about starting Reader's Workshop in my classroom this fall and I cannot wait to see the progress my class will make. --Jodee Tuttle Chapter 9 Question #2 from Bobbi Friend – Summer reading is so important! I know from experience that students who read over the summer have much better results at the beginning of the year than students who have not read. The healthy habits reading clubs can be used to motivate students for summer reading. By developing projects and summer reading goals, students are more likely to read over the summer. Our community library offers a summer reading program. When students sign up and participate in that program, they tend to read all summer and look forward to school starting. Helping students develop summer reading projects where the project or the goal is helpful and beneficial to the reader, the project or goal is meaningful for the reader, and the project or goal is realistic and possible to finish or achieve will help with summer reading.
 * Respond Here: I think that the Healthy Reading Club is an excellent idea to keep the summer reading fires burning! I do send home a large summer reading packet and encourage the kids to go to the library, but having a Healthy Habits club toward the end of the year would really help out a lot. I think that this could motivate kids and if we all work on settting realistic reading goals, plans and at least one small fun project that would help the kids hopefully maintain some reading over the summer. I am planning on doing this, this year and am very excited to see how my kids will respond. I also agree with Fran and think a reading series book club would be a good idea to have at the end of the year as well! SLG**

Collins gave some great ideas in Growing Readers that I would use – one being having parents and students develop a reading plan. Also I think a Series Club would be a great way to end the school year so you hooked the students into a series that they will want to read all summer long – Fran Olesen

I think if children develop their own goals, plan how to reach them, and work on them during the club then they will be one step closer to having reading be a part of their lives even when they are not in school. I think it would also help to have them make another goal specifically for the summer just before the end of the year. I also think Fran makes a good point about the series. It gives them a specific book to look forward to. Krista Raffenaud


 * To me, the Healthy Habits reading club really focus on forming kids into truly independent readers. It is working with kids to help them develop the habits to read fluently and comprehend on their own, without an adult to give them continual support. These are the kinds of skills I am constantly working towards, because I want my kids to be successful in high school and college. If I don't help them develop these independent habits, they will flounder without the support they are used to getting to make them a strong reader. Of course, it looks like it would be a great place to do this at the end of the school year so the kids can practice these skills over the summer. I think it would be awesome if the teacher for the following Fall could go back to this right at the start of the year and examine how kids did with this over the summer. Sort of like the Healthy Habits club would pick right back up at the start of the year, for a week or two to help kids see the follow-through of it all. **
 * --Kristy Weberg-- **

During summer school write this idea in the Title I summer school plan to fund the book resources. At the lunch feeding sites, reading clubs could take place. Across grade levels based on levels and interest students could be placed in partnership or triads. Book ownership could be the reward for the 3-8th. This type of program could run with exiting 3rd grades up to 12th. Maybe to interest the high schoolers to be role models by attending receiving community service points. KDN //It might be helpful to take a moment to think of a time in your life when you were carried away by your reading. How did it feel? What were the circumstances? Was anyone else involved? How did this moment or period live on to affect your life or change your thinking? Can you replicated this experience for the students in your cl////assroom?// Share your thoughts. **Respond Here: I have been carried away by my reading several times with some specific books and there really are too many to mention but, all of my "carrying away" was a very personal/interpersonal experiences. I read a lot of historical fiction and I really get caught up in the time period and the situations that the book is about. There were not other people involved such as a book club or even others that I knew that had read the same book. There have been times that I have been completely enthralled with a book and I loaned it to someone and they were not impressed or touched by it to the degree that I was. Since all of my reading experiences are interpersonal I think that it will be hard to replicate this experience in my classroom. I can share my passion for reading with kids, model good reading behavior, expose and read them high quality literature, and offer them many wonderful choices of books in our library and within our reading workshop time daily. SLG** Chapter 9 Question #3 from Bobbi Friend – I have been the most carried away with my reading when I have been able to share what I have read with other people. I recently finished a novel by my new favorite author, Karen Kingsbury, and I couldn’t wait to tell my family about it. I had so many text to self connections and such a strong emotional connection to the characters that I laughed and I cried as I was reading. Being able to share that with my mom and my sister made it even more meaningful. Don’t we always want to talk about things that we find important and significant? I will make sure that I orchestrate partner and reading club discussion time for my students every day now that I know the significance of that time.
 * 1) 3. Kathy ends this chaper with questions for us.
 * 1) 3. Kathy ends this chaper with questions for us.

I have always loved to read ever since I can remember. especially in the summer, I can remember reading with a flashlight under the covers as soon as my parents kissed me good-night and trying to read until all hours of the night. To this day, I think my love of reading is carried away during the summer. I can read for hours at a time and get so immersed in a book that I can't put it down until it is finished. I will say though I am definately not reading for comprehension but pure enjoyment. There are times when I have read a book and then a couple of months later have actually picked up the same book and started reading it and didn't realize until about halfway through that I had already read it. I wish that my own children were carried away with reading like I am. To them, they read because they have to, not because they enjoy it. For my second child it seems as if it is like pulling teeth to get him to read anything!!! It surprises me so much because they see how much I enjoy reading and how I can sit for hours and read that it hasn't rubbed off on them. J. Baker

My reading instruction started off with...See spot run...my teachers always split readers into many groups. I was always in the high reading group and reading was pretty much something I did at school only but it was really easy for me. Then I went to 4th grade. My 4th grade teacher, Mr. Johnson, was cool. He was my favorite. He had fun math competitions and really encouraged us to be independent readers. He had special days where we could bring any snack from home and read all morning at our desk. I thought this was great. He also let us know that our report card grade for reading would be stongly based on how many minutes we read at home. We had to log our time and the minutes had a grade correlation. Well...as I mentioned earlier, I mostly read at home. So...the straight "A" student received her first "F" in reading from her favorite teacher ever. It was eye opening, embarrassing and also, my parents were less than thrilled. From the moment of opening my report to find my big fat "F" until this day, my thoughts and attitude toward reading have done a complete 180. I realized how important reading at home and outside of school was. I don't remember Mr. Johnson talking about how important it was but he sure showed me that my extra reading would be a life necessity and may be directly connected to my future success in school. I started reading at home, on the bus, in the car, everywhere. Then...I was hooked! I believe Mr. Johnson was ahead of this time in the teaching of reading for the early 80's...I am thankful he ditched the old __Dick and Jane__ books and encouraged us to have independence and personal interest in our reading. I have tried to model his reading attitude throughout my teaching. Help children set goals. Help them grow independent. Give them the time and tools to have success. Hold them accountable for their actions. Carol Dawson

// I ////was not carried away by reading, until after law school. I never really liked reading I liked the information it provided. I briefly like Judy Blume in 5th grade—high shook and competition with another student.//

//Finally someone told me about John Grisham—he was only on is 2nd book. Two friends I thought were fun said they were sure I would like Pelican Brief. I trusted them and they knew about my disconnection with reading and pure joy. Finally how did I feel great—finally a book that I wanted to read each night and time stood still. The change was for me I realized that I have to be about to hearing the authors voice. I have to hear the voice like he/she is reading it aloud in my ear. In the classroom, I try to replicate this by finding if the reluctant readers need the right genre or better yet the correct author’s voice.// KDN