They must make professional decisions in order to facilitate their students' literacy development. The following guidelines provide direction for teachers in planning and implementing meaning-based literacy instruction. If reading abilities are to be developed and maintained, the school must be a place in which that is encouraged. The school must demonstrate that it values reading and in various ways do all that it can to promote literacy.
Teachers can foster a love of reading through the attitudes and actions they model.
Since educators cannot hope to accomplish their goals without support, parents and other community members need to be enlisted by the school to promote good reading habits. Have well-stocked classroom libraries. Provide a variety of materials so students can read widely and develop a range of responses to reading. Have bulletin boards promoting reading and writing which showcase student writing and books by particular authors. Invite members of the community to the school to talk to classes about their reading interests and to read to students.