Creating an Environment Filled With Excitement For Reading

My co-teacher and I are always working to create and maintain an environment that excites our students.  This is true across all academic domains, but our greatest passion is attempting to do this within literacy.  The video below demonstrates one way we did this in reading, but also notice how we played "Guess what's inside the envelope" in order to foster creativity in developing ideas for writing.


 

This is the book we were fortunate enough to receive from Ms. Woodson....

And the page she was nice enough to sign for us....