What's next after Level 30? Literacy through Literature workshop

A full house of nearly 60 teacher-librarians, teachers and school leaders gathered at Ardtornish Primary School ​on a Saturday morning to explore ways of improving literacy outcomes through literature based reading programs through the school library. 
Jane Moore, (teacher librarian and CBCA (SA) vice president) shared her strategies for successfully making sure students continually develop as readers after reaching decoding independence and are inspired to be “readers for life”?
 
Topics covered were

• Silent Sustained Reading- how does it work successfully?
• How do I make sure my students have a “just right” book?
• What records should students and teachers keep?
• What is a reading interview and how do I find time to do it?
• How can I make sure I am extending my students?
• Are genres important?
• How many books should my students read?
• How can I use my school library and teacher librarian, to support my reading program?
• What does a successful classroom library look like?
• How does reading fit into my whole literacy program?

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