Students’ Favorite Prereading Activities (grades K-5)

Karen Gibson, 2004

University of Houston

• Being allowed to choose any book you want to read
• Reading in a comfortable place in your classroom like on the floor, in a bean bag chair, or in a rocking chair
• Being allowed to buy your own book through a school book fair
• Reading books for a contest
• Having the teacher read aloud in an exciting voice
• Having a classroom library
• Reading books to earn money for a charity
• Having the teacher read a book or chapter a day
• Having the teacher take you to the library
• Having the author come to the school
• Being allowed to buy books through a book club
• Having a teacher recommend books about topics of interest to you
• Being able to read books with lots of pictures in them
• Having time set aside at school for silent reading
• Having teacher or librarian tell you something about the book
• Reading a book after seeing the movie
• Hearing a famous person reading a book
• Reading a book after seeing the TV show
• Listening to the teacher read a few pages from a book you can later read by yourself
• Having parents, grandparents, or other special people come to school to read
• Reading a book out loud with a partner
• Having the teacher tell about the author
• Having teacher write down all the books you have read for the class to see