Reading+motivation+strategies

Six C's of Motivating Contexts
 * 1) Choice
 * 2) Challenge
 * 3) Control
 * 4) Collaboration
 * 5) Constructing meaning
 * 6) Consequences

Five Motivations that Foster Achievement
 * 1) Interest- students can read higher level materials when they are interested in the topic
 * 2) Ownership- students have choices and teachers are not too controlling, teachers listen to what students want, provide rationale for work, give encouraging feedback and recognize challenges
 * 3) Self-efficacy - students belief that they can successfully read can be maintained by having students repeat tasks until they are successful and then complete tasks that are challenging
 * 4) Social interaction- small student led groups are more effective than large teacher led groups, sharing different background information leads to different interpretations
 * 5) Mastery- mastery of concepts rather than completion of tasks, topics should not change daily but should be related yo a common concept

Simple Practices to Nurture the Motivation to Read

Read aloud to your students sharing your excitement about the topic. Have the students join in a discussion with you during the reading, asking questions and making predictions. Students may read aloud selections that they have chosen and practiced reading before class.

Have a balanced reading collection of fiction and nonfiction books, magazines, newspapers and websites.

Honor books by choosing a book to "honor". Highlight the book by showing a few pages and placing the book in a special location.

Make your passions public by creating a top 10 list of favorite readings.

Information from www.readingrockets.org