Region 5 keynote

1. LibrariansandLiteracy:
SomeRandomThoughts
WithTeriLesesne(rhymeswithinsane)

2. TeriLesesne
(rhymeswithinsane)
DoctorL@shsu.edu
@professornana
Professornana.livejournal.com

3. https://www.youtube.com/c/professorsprovidingprofessionaldevelopmentchannel

4. “Butbooksdonotsimplyhappentopeople.
Peoplealsohappentobooks.”
LouiseRosenblatt,1956

5. Whoareyouasareader?

6. OneAlternative
http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2016/
08/still-learning-to-read-100-things-ab
out.html
XThingstoKnowaboutmeasa
reader...

7. Teri
1.Istillpreferprintbooks
2.ButIdohavebooksonmyKindle
3.AndIreadbookswithmyearswithoutguilt
4.Isometimesgoseveraldayswithoutfeelinglikeopeningabook
5.AndthenIbingeread
6.Idobegineachmorningreadingsocialmedia
7.IwillreadmenusandpostersifIamaloneforamealandIforgottobringa
book
8.Itakebookseverywhereandhave“emergency”books
9.Ilovegraphicnovels
10.Ihavegrowntolovefantasyovertheyears

8. Whoareyouasareader?

10. Somerecommendationstohelp
uscreatealiterateenvironment

11. Thelibrarian’srole
●Serveasmodelofliteracy
●Developacollectionthatencouragesreading-genre,form,format
●Supportandhelpdevelopclassroomlibraries
●Showeducatorswhatisnewandnotable
●Conductreader’sadvisory
●Resistthedemandofcannedprograms
●Createalibrarythatisvibrantandmeaningful
●Understandhowreadersgrowanddevelop
●Avoidlabelingbooks(genre,RL,Lexile,etc.)
●Sharetheresearchaboutschoollibraries

12. Analyzethe“research”

13. LanceStudies
Thepresenceofacertifiedlibrarianandanadequatecollectionwascorrelated
withhighertestscores.
Theremovaloftheschoollibrarianandlibrarycollectioncorrelatedtoadropin
testscoresmostnotablyamongELLstudents.
TheStudies

14. Andresearchonreaders?
•50Kstudentssurveyed
•Kidshatedtheclassics/requiredbooks
•BIGtake-away
■ThreestrikesobservationsaboutRA
GeorgeNorvell

15. DanielFaderfromHookedonBooks
•Newspapers,magazines,andpaperbacksintheclassrooms
•Actsofliteracyare“unavoidable”
•Accesstoreal(trade)books
•“Ifteachersviewthemselvesfirstaspurveyorsofpleasure
ratherthaninstructorsinskill,theymayfindtheskillwill
flourishwherepleasurehasbeencultivated.”

16. StephenKrashen’sThePowerofReading
•schoollibrarieswasastrongpredictorofreadingachievement;the
librarypredictorwasnearlyasstrongassocialclass
•comicbookreadingwassignificantlyassociatedwithmorereading
enjoyment
•studieshaveconsistentlyshownthatthosewhoreadmoreshowmore
literacydevelopment
•studiesindicatethatatextneedstobeabout98%comprehensiblein
orderforittohelpthereaderacquirenewvocabulary

17. DickAllingtoninEveryChild,EveryDay
●Everychildreadssomethingheorshechooses.
●Everychildreadsaccurately.
●Everychildreadssomethingheorsheunderstands.
●Everychildtalkswithpeersaboutreadingandwriting.
●Everychildlistenstoafluentadultreadaloud.

18. Access
Physical
Intellectual
Emotional
Moral

20. •Athome
•Intheclassroom
•Intheschoollibrary
•Athand
ACCESS
•Notjustlevelsandlexiles
•Levelofabstractionrequired
•Literaryelementssuchasflashback,
symbolism,foreshadowing
•Themes

21. Onafinesummermorningduringthedaysofthe
Puritans,theprisondoorinthesmallNewEnglandtown
ofB----nopenedtoreleaseaconvictedadulteress,the
ScarletLetterAembroideredonherdress,alongwith
theScarletLettersBthroughJ,averitableMcGuffey's
ReaderofScarletLetters,oneforeachlittletykewaiting
forheratthegate.
Bulwer-LyttonContest,2014

23. Whatweknow
CarlsenandSherrill,1988
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED295136.pdf

24. ●SettingasideTIMEforreading
●HavingateachershowINTERESTintheindividual'sreading
●HavingteachersREADALOUD
●BeingexposedtoaVARIETYofreadingfare
●ReceivinghelpfromLIBRARIANS
●OWNINGbooks
●SHARINGbookswithfriends
●Participatinginreader-centeredDISCUSSIONSofliterature
●BeingallowedfreedomofCHOICEinreadingfare

25. BasicStrategies
●ReadingAloud
●Providingchoice
●Findingtime
●Promotingaccess
●Encouragingresponseinmanyforms

26. ImportantResearch
toConsider

28. www.weneeddiversebooks.org

30. ScholasticFamilyReadingReport