Recreational Reading

ED 357 Reading Method

October 28, 2008

Group 4

Objectives

What is Recreational Reading?

Reading as recreation Studies on the methodTips to encourage RRBenefitsActivities

What is Recreational Reading?

Sangi M. Susuico

Recreational Reading…..

Recreational Reading is simply “fun reading.”

Other names:Sustained Silent Reading (SSR)Free Voluntary Reading (FVR)Drop Everything and Read (DEAR)Free Uninterrupted Reading (FUR)

Facts

Is for everyoneCan take place within any setting

School, home, outside, etc Covers all topics

Contemporary fiction, etcMaterials take many forms

Books, newspapers, magazines, comics

Allow students to choose a bookStructure of Recreational Reading time

15 minutes daily and add on each weekSet an exampleDon’t test students or require a reportEncourage them to continue reading

outside of class

Reading as Recreation

Lorena Decipulo

1. Read to check reality

- Want to understand place in the world and the relationship of the world

- Understand how what they say, do, think, and dream fits into the society

- Differences of lives from people of the same sex, religion, age, or socioeconomic level

- Know if they are or not out of the ordinary

2. Read to escape

- Withdraw from the world - Escape to taste forbidden fruits, controls

the world, and views new world- Puts the locus of power in the hands of

the reader

3. To learn specific skills/information

- How to do something- How to improve or change our lives- How something happened or something

works- How things were or weren’t- How to do or make things

News on Recreational Reading

Kristy Galindo

Tips for Parents & Teachers: Encouraging Children to

Read

Alicia Quintanilla

Parent Tips:

Be a good role model.Provide a comfortable reading area. Read to your child every day / every

night.Get a library card for your child. Get books based on your child’s

interest.

Teacher tips:

Read aloud daily.Provide a print-rich environment.Use different mediums of reading.Base reading materials on students interest.Have children read to you.

Ewalani Escrupulo

Read a loud

Love You Forever

Author: Robert Munsch

Illustrated by: Sheila McGraw

What are the benefits:

Increases children’s knowledgeAllows children to practice and improve their

reading skillsStimulates their imaginationLeads to higher achievement skillsPromotes positive attitudes towards readingAllows those who participate in this activity

to become accelerated readers

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Summary:

Recreational reading is reading for funChildren need to be allowed to read for

fun to help them learn more about their interests

Parents and teachers can encourage RR by reading with their children

Reading topics of interests encourage readers to read more, increase their knowledge and success

References

Understand Recreational Reading Patternshttp://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-6678582_ITM Children’s Choices for Recreational Readinghttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3785/is_200601/ai_n16452270 Americans close the book on Recreational Readinghttp://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-11-18-reading-decline_N.htm Sustained Silent Reading

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustained_silent_reading