Students bring unusual things to read to class such as grocery bags, chewing gum wrappers, tea bags, paper towel wrappers, detergent boxes, bandaid boxes or wrappers, cat food, etc. Encourage your students to read over the summer by having them decorate paper plates to resemble bookworm heads. The students attach plates to their bedroom walls and add another plate for each book they read over the summer. Use the school intercom daily to read a continuing portion of a well-loved book. Always stop at an interesting point to hold students' attention for the next day.
Parents play a very important and integral part in motivating their children to read.
Without the moral, mental, emotional, and physical support of the teachers' and principals' efforts, the task is much, much greater. Parents need to be interested in their children and what is going on during the school day. Parents need to question and to be involved. Parents should be encouraged to help their children to be involved in all class reading projects. The following suggestions can be given to the parents of your students.