A presentation on inculcating reading habit among school going children.to make a book read is very difficult task ways and means is given to make book reading a habit.

1. Inculcating Reading
Habit
By
Mr. Shiba Bhue Librarian
K.V INS CHILKA

2. Newspapers & supplements
Textbooks
Storybooks
Novels
Religious Hymns(!)
Magazines
Professional
Books/Journals
What do we read?

3. • To know what’s happening around us
• To understand the subject matter
• To boost / enhance our imagination
• To increase power of judgement
• To imbibe ethical / cultural values
• To cultivate social sense
• To understand human life / mind
• To experience / experiment new things

4. Role of a Teacher
Emphasizing importance of reading
- especially good reading
Recommend specific suitable Titles
Regular compulsory feedback
Counseling, Directing, Guiding
Co-ordination with the Librarian
Encouragement (book-prize)

5. METHODS
• Orientation of Teachers
• Library Activities
• Teacher Based Activities
• Open Access System(O.A)
• Project Work Method
• Book Review/Scrap Book
Method
• Class Library
• Celebration of Library Week
• Story Telling Method

6. Orientation of Teachers
Due to the advancement in science and
technology , changing scenario in
teaching learning process teachers
have to equip themselves with current
knowledge and latest information. So
they need to visit the library often for
abreast with recent developments in
their concerned subject and others .
This creates a effective teaching and
healthy impression on students and
encourages students to visit the library.

7. Celebration of
Library week
• By celebrating National Book Week
(14th to 21st
November )students are
exposed to the tremendous world of
knowledge. Organizing book
Exhibitions, Quiz on books & authors,
Face to face interaction with eminent
writers, Organizing visits to book fairs
& hi-tech libraries.
• Mobile van Library of NBT&CBT
• Organization of World Book Day .
( 23rd April)
• all these activities will increase their
thirst for knowledge.

8. Teacher-based Activities
• Story-telling sessions
• Book-Banks& News Letter
• Book Quiz-competitions
• Book-reviews/Book Talks
• Animating stories/e-Educational
Channel
• Drama
• Public-Speaking
• Group-Discussions
• Story-Making Sessions
• Extracting/Abstracting
• Audio/Video sessions
• Poetry
• Communication Skills Workshops

9. Open access library
Open access provides a
close relationship
between the reader & the
read. The reader can
easily browse through
the books. While
browsing, he can find
many more titles of his
interest, which increase
his visits to the library .

10. PROJECT WORK
METHOD
Students should be given more &
more library oriented projects.
Projects which requires full use of
library resources like current
periodicals, books, encyclopedias
etc. By this students are exposed to
the tremendous world of literature.
Curiosity to know many more things
is ignited in their mind which makes
them a voracious readers.

11. Book review method
Students may be asked to write book
reviews for the books read from the
library.
The students who reads maximum
number of books & variety of books
may be awarded book review prize
during the annual day celebration.
This acts as an incentive &
encourage the students to read more
& more books.

12. Class Library

13. Class Library

14. Class Library

15. Reading Corner/Hanging
Libraries
The librarian should provide personal
Assistance in locating a book or
information. Librarian should have
pleasing personality, Sense of humour,
humble, soft spoken, co-Operative,
always eager to help readers, active,
Energitic, enthusiastic & love for books.
All These qualities help the librarian in
attracting More & more readers to the
library.

16. The Eight Habits of Great Readers
• Predict
• Visualize
• Summarize
• Make Connections (text to text, self,
world)
• Question
• Make Inferences
• Use Prior Knowledge
• Use Text Structure

17. Predict
Break up suspenseful
short stories into
sections. Students
make predictions after
each cliff-hanging
section
Example: ‘’Bamboo Curry’’
MARIGOLD, Class - V

18. Visualize
• Instead of asking students to
draw pictures after reading text,
show them a picture and ask
them to write a story
Example: FLYING TOGETHER,
MARIGOLD, CLASS- V

19. Summarize
• Read aloud a text that only
the teacher has. Stop after
each page and have
students summarize what
they just heard.
• Example:
• My Elder Brother, Marigold,
Class- V

20. Make Connections
• Choose a realistic novel
or contemporary non-
fiction piece and have
students brainstorm
connections.
• Example – Swami
Vivekanand

21. Make Inferences
• This can be combined
with a lesson on
characterization. Have
students make a list of
judgments about a
character, accompanied
by the clues in the text.
• Example: A Family Apart,
EVS

22. Question
• Choose a text that is
slightly above your
students reading level and
have them stick post-it
notes next to passages
that they do not
understand.
• Example: Guliver’s Travels

23. Use Prior Knowledge
• Choose a historical
piece that relates to
the time period they
are studying in EVS.
Have students apply
that knowledge to
their understanding of
the novel.
• Example: Walls Tells
Stories , EVS

24. Use Text Structure
• Choose a novel that
uses multiple genres
and have students
identify and copy the
genres in their own
writing.
• Example: Tears of A
Tiger