The document outlines a professional development workshop titled 'as simple as it seems?', focusing on fostering a love for reading among students. It includes disclaimers about the workshop's potential effects on participants and an agenda comprising activities such as book conferences and discussions on reading strategies. Emphasizing the importance of reading volume, the document also highlights various resources and techniques to engage students in reading.

1. As Simple As It
Seems?
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Presented by
Jennifer Kelley & Samantha Phillips
Lamar Elementary

2. DISCLAIMERS:
➢ We are not responsible for your uncontrollable urge
to pick up a book and read.
➢ We are not responsible for random and spontaneous
moments of wanting to talk about what you just read.
➢ We are not responsible for you wanting to
immediately go back to your classroom on the first
day of school and implement all reading strategies!
➢ We are not responsible for uncontrollable moments
of extreme outbursts of excitement!
Welcome to “As Simple As It Seems”?

3. ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMERS:
➢ We (Mrs. Kelley) is not responsible for any
technology that does not work today as planned!
➢ Preparing to present a professional development
workshop is NO JOKE! Therefore, be kind to all
your future presenters regardless how boring,
uninformative and scattered as they may seem!
Again….
Welcome to “As Simple As It Seems”?

4. Today’s Agenda
Why are we here?
It’s All About the Books!
iRead/iShare
10:00 – 10:15 BREAK
Book Conferences
11:30 – 12:45 LUNCH
Welcome Back Activity
Responding to Reading
2:00 – 2:15 BREAK

5. "I have long been convinced that
the central and most important
goal of reading instruction is to
foster a love for reading."
-GambrellDon’t lie…we know some
of you are here to fulfill
your professional
development hours so
that you can have those
two days off at
Thanksgiving!
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6. Kids who…
score in the 98%ile read 67 minutes a day;
score in the 60%ile read 13 minutes a day;
score in the 10%ile read 1 minute a day!
Volume matters!
Reading achievement is less
about ability than it is about
opportunity.

7. It’s all about the BOOKS!

9. As an author, father, and former teacher,
Jon Scieszka suggests a number of ways
to motivate boys to read.

11. frenzy:
ˈfrenzē/
a state or period of
uncontrolled excitement
or wild behavior.
Synonyms: hysteria, madness,
mania, wildness
noun

12. Your Principal
School Librarian
DonorsChoose.org
Genre, Genre, Genre!
Your Students
Scholastic.com
ReadKiddoRead.com
Nerdy Book Club
Goodreads
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13. Reading Interest-A-Lyzer©
Based on the Interest-A-Lyzer by Joseph S. Renzulli
Name ____________________________
Grade _________________ Age _______
1.) When I read for pleasure, I pick the following (Check all that apply):
!!Novels/chapter books !!Cartoons/comic books !!Humorous books
!!Sports books !!Newspapers !!Magazines
!!Poetry books !!Fantasy books !!Mystery books
!!History books !!Science books ! Scary books
!!Biographies !!Other ______________________________
2.) If I were in charge of my reading/language arts class, I would have my students do 10 of
the following activities (Check 10):
!!Write a story !!Learn sign language

15. Why We Provide Students
Time to Read Independently

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20. Responding to
Reading
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21. Expository Text

22. CHARTS
• Anchor charts make thinking visible.
• Posting anchor charts keeps relevant and current learning
accessible to students to remind them of prior learning and
to enable them to make connections as new learning
happens.
• Students interact with and refer to the charts as tools as
they answer questions, expand ideas, or contribute to
discussions and problem-solving in class.
• Anchor charts build a culture of literacy in the classroom.
• Anchor charts set the expectations for activities within the
classroom.
Why do our students need them?

23. CHARTS
✓ Why We Read
✓ How to Select Good Books
✓ Independent Reading
✓ Thinking Stems/Stop & Jot
✓ Book Share (Whole Class & Buddy)
✓ Book Conferences
Must
haves….

24. How To Select the
Right Book

25. iRead

26. Thinking About
Reading

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