Reading

The folks at Common Sense Media have a page entitled "How to Raise a Reader."

The examples they give seem geared to students a little younger than our target here in the nELMS community, but the advice is sound and can be adapted... and yes, reading aloud is still fine in middle schools.

I recall fondly the team that I first worked on... we would "Adopt an Author" and for a few weeks take our 20-minute silent reading period after lunch and each teacher read a favorite author-- Edgar A. Poe's short stories was the fare in my science class!