EXPLORATORY ACTION RESEARCH
The Problem : “The more you read, the more things you know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” This is a famous quote by Dr Suess. And it’s 100% accurate. The importance of reading skills cannot be stressed enough. Reading has many benefits, but it’s a skill that even a lot of adults don’t use enough. Reading is a gateway to learning anything about everything. It helps you discover new things and educate yourself in any area of life you are interested in. A child's reading skills are important to their success in school as they will allow them to access the breadth of the curriculum and improve their communication and language skills. In addition, reading can be a fun and imaginative time for children, which opens doors to all kinds of new worlds for them. A lot of reading difficulty can come about because children feel like reading is hard work, or they just aren’t interested in what they are reading. In my classroom (5th Grade) a...