This document discusses strategies for motivating readers both in and out of the classroom. It outlines how a librarian can inspire students to love reading through book talks, sharing their own passion for various genres, and giving students choices over what they read. The librarian advocates following the teaching methods of Donalyn Miller to provide time and autonomy for students to become "wild readers." Collaboration with teachers in various subjects and special needs students is also emphasized. A range of reading projects, resources, blogs, and professional development opportunities are presented to continually improve teaching and build reading communities.

1. Motivating Readers In & Out of
the Classroom
BJ Neary- reader, reviewer,
teacher, collaborator,
networker

2. Motivating Readers In The Classroom –
Librarian
• Love Students – constantly
read to entice students to
fall in love with reading
• Love all genres
• Booktalks :
-Short (lose kids with long
book talks)
-Many, varied titles
-Student Choice

3. Librarians Build Reading Relationships
With Teachers & Students
• Lead by example- inspire
and encourage to ignite a
passion for reading
• YOU are the lead reader in
your classroom and should
leverage every
opportunity to share YOUR
love of reading whenever
possible with your students

4. Give Kids Time & Choices
• I follow Donalyn Miller –
Reader, teacher, author,
blogger
• The Book Whisperer
• Reading in the Wild
• Five Teaching Tips for
Helping Students Become
‘Wild Readers’
• Video – Why Students Don’t
Read What Is Assigned in Class

5. Collaborator
• Reading
• English
• Social Studies
• ESL
• Special Ed
Share with teachers: talk,
email, links, ideas, ed tech
resources – the more
comfortable they felt…

6. Reading Classes
• 3 Classes
• Students explore genres:
Realistic Fiction
Nonfiction
Historical Fiction
Multicultural Fiction
Mystery

7. Student Created Digital Book Trailers
• Using Animoto* or
PhotoStory
• Load onto Library Catalog
Search- Digital Book
Trailers – Keyword
• Thirteen Reasons Why
• Stacie & Cole
• Snitch
*Teaching Literacy in the Digital Age. Edited
by Mark Gura, 2014.

8. English
• World Literature-
• Book Tasting – Award
Winners
• Japanese Internment-
Glogster
• World War II Literature
Circles - blogging

9. Social Studies
• World Civilization –
Holocaust- Book Tasting
Middle East- Blog using
Edmodo
• American History – w Ms
Lindinger - attended 2
Edcamp - presented
working together using
technology

10. ESL
• Photostory – public speaking
• Read a book – Animoto,
Wordle
• Research using databases;
Investigating a crime - Prezi

11. Special Ed
• High interest books –
Orca, Bluford series
• Novels in Verse- Crank
• Series- Hazelwood High,
Urban Underground
• Romance- Baby, Played
• Urban Fiction- Tyrell
• Nonfiction

12. Popular Contemporary Lit
• Genres
• Award Winners
• Supernatural
• Dystopian
• Fantasy
• Novels in Verse
• Mrs. Neary’s Pearls

13. Reading Projects
• Use Ed Tech Resources -
assessment and
comprehension
-PhotoStory
-Animoto
-Glogster
-Prezi
-Wordle
-Symbaloo

14. Networker
• Technology Club
• Faculty Book Club
• ISTE – Literacy & Librarian
• PSLA – Read & Review
Books
Free Books for library
collections - $2,000/yr

15. As a Teacher…
• I Share what I know
• I Learn as much as I can
• I Build relationships
• I Know being a good
teacher demands
continual ongoing
investment in my personal
learning

16. Ravenous Reviewer
• Goodreads – bjneary
• TLNing
• Neary Notes
• NetGalley
• Scoop.it – Young Adult
Novels (curation article)
• FB - bjneary
• Pinterest – Books Worth
Reading & YA Lit
• Twitter - @bjneary

17. Reading Blogs
• Nerdy Book Club
• YALSA The Hub
• Rich in Color
• Jennifer Hubert – Reading Rants
• Naomi Bates – YA Books & More
• Booklist
• School Library Journal
• Book Riot
• Author Blogs
• Cybils Awards- bloggers literary
awards

18. Technology Blogs
• Langwitches – Annotated
Circle Share out of Book
Reading
• Buffy Hamilton – Writing
Around Literature Motifs,
-Tools of the Trade,
-Processing Texts, Ideas

19. Professional Development
• BER YA Lit – annual
conference
• EdWeb.net – free online PD
• School Library Journal- free
online webinars
• Booklist – free online
webinars

20. Book Challenges
• The 2015 Hub Reading
Challenge
• The Nerdy Book Challenge
• Battle of the Books- begins
in March (SLJ)

21. Webinars- All Free
• TLNing- Ditching Dewey: Genrifying
Your Library
• Booklist- Reluctant Reader
Resources
• SLJ – A Conversation with the 2015
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction
Finalists
• EdWeb.net- Communities

22. Retired- what’s it look like?
Still building a community of readers

23. • Grandchildren- story time, 1000
books by Kindergarten, build libraries
• Teachers - Daughter & Daughter-
in-law- build classroom libraries
• ME – reading & reviewing
-Blogs– multicultural, death, suicide,
dystopian, series
-Challenges – Nerdy/YALSA Hub
-Curate – Scoop.it
-Goodreads – Groups/moderate
-TLNing – post webinars
-ISTE – monthly TwitterChats/
conference June 2015