Want 5 simple ways you can support a strong reading culture in upper elementary, and surprisingly have some strong classroom community building as a bonus?!

1. Allow for reading choice
2. Make time for book talks & reading life chats
3. Use reading journals instead of traditional reading logs
4. Incorporate reading conferences to individualize reading progress
5. Share novels primarily for the love of reading!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Reading Journal "Bookself" visual
• A More Powerful Reading Journal - Teacher Guide and Templates
• The Book Whisperer book by Donalyn Miller

Your no-prep action item this week is to share pieces of your own reading life with your students.

This can be a memory from your own elementary reading, a current or recent book you've loved or loathed and why, a time you ditched a book, the reason you chose a book, other things you've read that aren't books, and more!

Make it your goal this week to connect with one student's reading journey each day, or with your whole class, by sharing a bit of your own reading journey that relates.

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