The current working draft for my driving question is something along the lines of: How can I support students as they transition from reluctant readers to passionate readers.
Overall our students are not the successful readers that we want them to be, despite the fact that they need to read in all aspects of their lives to be successful and productive. Not to mention that they are missing out on the sheer enjoyment of reading for pleasure. I don't have numbers to reference off the top of my head, but it seems like every study I've seen says that reading supports students. It is one of the best ways to build a working vocabulary, it helps students to understand themes and 'big ideas.' Despite the fact that we all know our students should be reading as much as possible, it seems like every year more of our students are reading below grade level.
To improve the situation our students need to read more. The big questions are, how can we get them motivated to do so? and What kinds of supports might they need to be successful? Building reading skills takes work, and might seem like an intimidating or scary prospect to some students. What kinds of academic (and maybe even emotional and social) supports do they need?
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