Motivating+Reading


 * Online Locations to Motivate Young Readers to Read What Interests Them**
 * [|Book Awards for Children's Literature]
 * [|Digital Bookends: Magazines for Children]
 * Great source of informational texts from [|Kids: Discover Series] (you can preview each issue online)
 * Worthy, J., et. al., "More than just reading": the human factor in reaching resistant readers . // ReadingResearchandInstruction // v. 41 no. 2 ( Winter2002 ) p. 177-201: download from the [|URI Library's link to Reading Research and Instruction]


 * Websites to Explore**


 * Given our conversations and Guthrie's five motivational practices for reading engagement (e.g., success, thematic reading, choice, relevance, and collaboration), work with a partner to consider ways that information at the websites below might foster an intrinsic love for reading informational texts.**
 * Yuckiest Site on the Internet http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/
 * FactMonster http://www.factmonster.com/
 * Kids.gov http://www.kids.gov/
 * Cyberkids http://www.cyberkids.com/
 * Math Dictionary for Kids http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
 * Ben’s Guide to the US Government http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
 * International Children’s Library http://www.icdlbooks.org/
 * Google Lit Trips http://www.googlelittrips.org/ ([|get a little background] or [|download Google Earth])