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Right now, my classroom library consists of one small shelf with books funded by myself. About 99% of these books are fictional. Year after year, I watch my many struggling readers express their disinterest in reading; finally, a student told me he didn't like reading because it was "too many words on a page" and all "fake" content. I realized then that I wasn't doing enough as a teacher to provide my students with options when it came to the books they were "allowed" to read. I stuck mainly with fiction books because they were most likely tested books (for which students earned a grade). I wasn't exposing them to books from other formats and genres. Graphic novels, informational texts, and narrative nonfiction texts were extremely underrepresented in my classroom library, even though these are often high-interest texts to many students who are tired of fiction. If I want to create a true culture of reading in my classroom, I need to be able to surround my students with books of all different types to meet them at their interest and reading levels. I can completely understand why many of my students have lost touch with reading. This school year, the only grade I'll associate with free-choice reading is a book commercial for which students must advertise a great book to their peers! Also, they'll have at least ten minutes to read every day. I want to remind my students how much fun reading can be. If I can't get them interested in reading, they'll not get the reading practice they need, and in turn, won't benefit from the countless educational opportunities that being an avid reader offers: increased vocabulary, grammar skills, fluency, comprehension—the list is endless, and a high-interest classroom library is the first step to achieving this goal.

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Right now, my classroom library consists of one small shelf with books funded by myself. About 99% of these books are fictional. Year after year, I watch my many struggling readers express their disinterest in reading; finally, a student told me he didn't like reading because it was "too many words on a page" and all "fake" content. I realized then that I wasn't doing enough as a teacher to provide my students with options when it came to the books they were "allowed" to read. I stuck mainly with fiction books because they were most likely tested books (for which students earned a grade). I wasn't exposing them to books from other formats and genres. Graphic novels, informational texts, and narrative nonfiction texts were extremely underrepresented in my classroom library, even though these are often high-interest texts to many students who are tired of fiction. If I want to create a true culture of reading in my classroom, I need to be able to surround my students with books of all different types to meet them at their interest and reading levels. I can completely understand why many of my students have lost touch with reading. This school year, the only grade I'll associate with free-choice reading is a book commercial for which students must advertise a great book to their peers! Also, they'll have at least ten minutes to read every day. I want to remind my students how much fun reading can be. If I can't get them interested in reading, they'll not get the reading practice they need, and in turn, won't benefit from the countless educational opportunities that being an avid reader offers: increased vocabulary, grammar skills, fluency, comprehension—the list is endless, and a high-interest classroom library is the first step to achieving this goal.

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