Library Improvement Workshop / Creative Reading Activities

EDUCO - Adarna HouseCreative Reading Activities

Library Improvement WorkshopZarah C. GagatigaTeacher Librarian, Author, Storyteller, BloggerPBBY Board Member Representing Librarianshttp://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com@thecoffeegoddes (Twitter) / zarah815 (IG)

Library Improvement1. How to better encourage children discover

the joys of reading;2. Developing library activities;3. Creating sustainable, fun and effective

reading programs.

http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com

Three Targets1. Revisit our views about reading and

remember our reading history;2. Look at the library as a concept or a set of

concepts;3. Explore and engage in reading activities that

are sustainable, fun and effective.

My Reading History

http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-first-library-card.html

Hi-Ho! Library, Oh!The writer writes the book! (2x)

Hi-ho, library oh!The writer writes the book!

The illustrator draws.The publisher puts it together.

Hi-ho! Library Oh!

Librarian’s PetIt takes one book to change someone's outlook on life. And the someone who delivers that life-changing book could be a librarian near you.- Candy Gourlay, Author

http://www.candygourlay.com/2010/11/i-was-librarians-pet-and-other.html

Why books matterRica Bolipata-SantosAward winning AuthorDirector, ADMUUniversity Press

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTIx80w2Mjk

What is your reading history?Handout #1: Recall the books that you have read and your experiences of reading as a child and as a teenager.

Buzz group: How do these reading experiences influence your beliefs about books and reading?

Handout #4: My Concept of Reading

What ideas and concepts do you have of reading?

Buzz group: I believe that reading...

READING is...- Reading is a sociolinguistic process

- Reading is developmental- Reading is an interactive process- Reading is a unitary and global skill- Reading is physiological and psychological

Reading is a sociolinguistic process.Signs and Symbols

Environment

Understanding the world around us and how it works

Reading is developmentalLevel I Letter- sound relations: pre-reading, initial reading and decoding

Level II Letter-sound relations: initial reading and decoding & starting advanced decoding skills; confirmation and fluency

Level III Comprehension: reading to learn the new; Reading and understanding complex material: multiple viewpoints

- Jeanne Chall, 1983

Reading is an interactive process.

Bottom - Up Model

Text --> Reader

Top - Down Model

Reader --> Text

Interactive Model

Reader

Text Author

Reading is a love triangle.

Communication happens.

Reading is a unitary and global skill.

READING

Word recognition Comprehension Study Skills

Reading is psychological and physiological.

Stimulus

Electric currents

Images

Experiences and Meaning

Piaget’s Theory of assimilation, accommodation and equilibrium

Horizon of Learning Theory

Zoe’s road to READING Success

Recommended ReadsHandout #2: My Reading List

Top Ten Books of All Time

Top Ten Must Reads for Kids

Group Activity:

Book Swap

Reading Rigodon

Worksheet: Bookmark Bookreviews

Let’s take a break!● Post your

bookmarks on manila paper

● What struck you in the morning session?

● Gallery Walk

● Ice Breaker:○ Tai Chi Exercise

What is a library?

LIBRARY

Library matters!● The Dewey

Decimal Classification Scheme (handout)

● Bulletin Board Displays (handout)

● Group Activity: ○ DIY Bulletin Board

● Gallery Walk

Reading Activities & Classroom Reading Centers

On Books and Reading Activities: K-12 students & the community

Book Making ActivityPage 1 - Title PagePage 2 - BeginningPage 3 - MiddlePage 4 - EndPage 5 - Author/Illustrator Page

Story Prompts

Book Making Activity

Classroom Resource CenterAssemble a CRC that has:a. DIY Bulletin Boardb. Self published booksc. A folder of activities and

students’ worksd. Teacher’s visual aids or

book lists and recommended reads

Group work: five basic CRC rules for your class

Make a poster of these basic rules.

Use all the materials in your kits.

Gallery Walk and PlenaryWhat is your take away from the afternoon session?

What is your burning question?

Write it down on the manila paper.