NJASL 2008: Strategies to Increase Recreational Reading
Here's a link to our powerpoint:
Find templates for our bookmarks here:
Links to sites we mentioned:
Townsend Press: The Bluford series
www.townsendpress.com/catalog/tplibraryandblufordseries.aspx
Atlantis Subscriptions
www.atlantissubscriptions.com/HSPage2.html
Junior Library Guild (added based on audience suggestions)
www.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/division.dT
Contact us:
Anne Denning: denning.a@deptford.k12.nj.us
Debby Dietrich: dietrich.d@deptford.k12.nj.us
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Comments (6)
Deborah Dietrich said
at 2:06 pm on Nov 12, 2008
Welcome to our wiki. Please share ideas you have to increase recreational reading among teens.
Martha Hickson said
at 9:35 pm on Nov 18, 2008
Great presentatin at NJASL! Can you post the name of the bindery you use to re-cover your paperbacks?
Deborah Dietrich said
at 10:26 am on Nov 19, 2008
The bindery we use is The HF Group
63 E. Broad St.
Hatfield, PA 19440
215-855-2293 (phone)
215-368-7308 (fax)
custservice-pa@thehfgroup.com
Deborah Dietrich said
at 2:49 pm on Dec 4, 2008
A simple idea we're adding:
We'd love to have slatboard on our non-fiction endcaps, but it just isn't in the budget. We've been rearranging books, spreading them out and weeding, which leaves us room on most shelves. So, we've starting turning a book face out on each shelf, if there is room. We're picking interesting titles from each shelf section. I'm discovering great books I didn't even know we had. I'm sure I'll see these books checking out now that they are more likely to catch the eye.
Deborah Dietrich said
at 2:50 pm on Dec 4, 2008
This is for our non-fiction titles.
Martha Hickson said
at 2:15 pm on Mar 9, 2009
I started a new program to get teachers across the curriculum involved in promoting reading: Reading Role Models. Each teacher who volunteers completes an online interview form that asks about their reading habits and preferences. I turn that data into a Q&A style interview and list of recommended books. I also create a display of the teacher's book recommendations in the library and make bookmarks featuring the teacher's photo. In addition, I place a link to the teacher's interview on my library home page. You can see an example at: http://www.nhvweb.net/nhhs/MediaCenter/books/ReadingRoleModel/Angeline-interview.pdf
So far, 20 teachers and 3 board members have volunteered to be Role Models. At that rate, I have enough role models to feature two a month through the end of the next school year.
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