School wide reading activities

10 activity ideas to host a high-interest book carnival in your classroom to promote literacy and cultivate a culture of reading.

Build readers with this engaging reading rally activity that moves students around in themed rooms and hooks them on reading!

A school reading community is created when students, teachers, staff and families are all invested in the reading experience. It is a community in which books are celebrated and enjoyed by all! Here are some ideas for creating a school reading community!

This idea for a Reading Summit is the perfect way to engage your elementary school students in different reading activities to keep them motivated at the end of the year and prepare for summer reading. They include guest read alouds, buddy reading, readers theater, reading outside, and more. Read this post to begin your own Reading Summit plan!

Book raffles are an AMAZING way to engage the students in your class in the reading process, and it can be fairly easy, too! Here’s how you can get started in your class. For a few years, we have been doing book raffles in our classroom. This is the easiest thing you could ever imagine, […]

Reading comprehension activities that are engaging to students are a must! These reading comprehension games and fun reading comprehension activities to improve reading comprehension will help your students learn reading comprehension skills while having fun at the same time. Try these 6 engaging reading comprehension activities in your classroom today to get your students to understand the texts they read.

When we let students know that reading is worthwhile, it creates a chain reaction of learning. Here are 25 strategies for fostering a reading culture.

A gigantic list of spirit day ideas including literacy spirit days!

Scavenger hunts and reading make the perfect pair. Discovering new stories, interesting characters, or a great series builds your child’s love for literature as well as her motivation to become an independent reader. As parents we want to grow our children’s interest in reading but sometimes feel like we’ve run out of ideas on how to do just that. …

Here are some fun activities for a successful literacy night!