Fun+Ideas+for+Teen+Reading

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Here are some of the ideas that I have tried with my students and my foster children.


 * 1) ==**I have used a reading contract with students and most students seem to repsond well to it. It gives them responsibility, and it shows them that you are trusting their word. However, when you make the contract with the students allow them to have some input. Let them help you write the contract up, so they feel comfortable signing it. They should know that you are doing this for them, and not punishing them.**==
 * 2) ==**Students should be given e-readers and allowed to read on e-readers. The more places that a child can read the better. I have used these with one of the foster children we had, and she did a better job reading on a kindle than she did in the book. She was perfect, but it made her try harder because she thought she was special reading a book on a tablet.**==
 * 3) ==**It is harder to get teenagers to read with their parents and teachers, but ask them to. If they won't read with you, then ask them to read to you. Some teens won't, but others like reading to people. If they still refuse, then ask them to let you read to them. Sometimes, students like being read to, and it will open them up enough to read to you. I tried this with my seventh graders, and at first they were not interested, but after awhile they warmed up to the idea and began to read to the other students and me.**==
 * 4) == **Let students pick out their own books and go dream away. Students will read books quicker if they pick them out, than if you assign them a book to read. It also makes them so much happier. Again, I noticed this was true when I worked with my seventh graders, and they moaned and groaned when I picked out Tuck Everlasting, but they seemed to really get into their books and wanted to read them. You will still have teenagers that don't want to read, and with these students let them read what interests them, even if it is a mechanic magazine.** ==