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Important to me as a teacher is to get kids to LOVE to read (yes, I said love, not like, and not even to tolerate reading, but to really love it!).
The thing is, when kids enjoy reading, they read a lot and when they read a lot, they become even better readers, and can do all of those reading skills that we so desire. It's almost like magic!
So, how do we capture the hearts of those little video game, TV watching, texters? We do it by showing them how much fun reading can be.
