Honor All Print promotes access to a wide variety of print both for instruction

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1 This is a chapter excerpt Guilford Publications. Maximizing Motivation for Literacy Learning: Grades K 6. By Barbara A. Marinak, Linda B. Gambrell, and Susan A. Mazzoni. Copyright Purchase this book now: «««««««««««««««««««««««««22«««««««««««««««««««««««««Honor All Print Honor All Print promotes access to a wide variety of print both for instruction and self-selection. This method defines print generously. It affords teachers the opportunity to model and celebrate all forms of traditional and emerging technologies. As Masterman (1985) notes, outside of school, the most influential and widely disseminated modes of communication are visual, oral, and/or aural. Even traditional print is coming to be regarded as a visual medium. Layout, design, and typography are widely understood to be a significant part of the total communicating process. It is important for students at all grade levels to read and respond to a wide variety of traditional print and new literacies. Focus on Motivation and Literacy Learning Honor All Print nurtures an appreciation for the value of reading by celebrating the wide variety of interests present in any classroom. In addition to acknowledging interest, Honor All Print promotes the concept that a rich reading life is comprised of all types of text: fiction, nonfiction, newspapers, magazines, Web-based material, and so on. And finally, Honor All Print provides teachers with the opportunity to model reading and responding to a variety of print for a variety of purposes. How It Works 1 Begin by surveying the reading interests of your students using the Honor All Print Survey (Form G at the end of Part Five of this book). However, view the survey results as a discussion starter. Reading and text interest change over time. 79

2 PROMOTING THE VALUE OF READING 2 Hold small-group conferences to discuss the survey responses. Encourage children to elaborate on their responses. Having children discuss the survey in small groups might prompt children to share additional interests. 3 During read-aloud or Book Blessing (see Chapter 1), share a variety of print about topics of interest in your class. In addition to sharing the text, use the opportunity to briefly discuss the type of print being honored. Explain the type of print, the purpose for reading it, and how it might be read. See Figures 22.1 and 22.2 for examples. A blank version you can use is found in Form Extension References Honor All Print can be used to model a wide variety of desirable reading practices including credible sources. This method can also be a way to broaden student interest. You could make public an Honor All Print display about a topic students have not identified as an interest. See an example of such a display below. And finally, an Honor All Print bulletin board can be arranged. Such a display celebrates the wide variety of print being read by everyone in the class and can serve to nurture new interests. Be sure to include school VIPs in your celebration, as shown in the example in Figure A blank version is found in Form Ginsburg, D. (2011). Orioles celebrate 4 3 win over Red Sox. Retrieved yahoo.com. Glenn, M. (1999). Foreign exchange: A mystery in poems. New York: HarperTeen. Hatkoff, J., Hatkoff, I., & Hatkoff, C. (2011). Winter s tail: How one little dolphin learned to swim again. New York: Scholastic. Howe, J. (2000). Dew drop dead. New York: Atheneum. Masterman, L. (1985). Teaching the media. New York: Routledge. Monks of New Skete. (2011). The art of raising a puppy. New York: Little, Brown. Osborne, M. (1997). Dolphin at daybreak. New York: Random House Books for Young Readers. Sloan, C. (2005). How dinosaurs took flight: The fossils, the science, what we think we know, and mysteries yet unsolved. New York: National Geographic Children s Books. Time s person of the year. (2011). Retrieved Western saddles. (2012). Retrieved 80

3 Honor All Print students interest Bottlenose dolphin; grades 2 4 shared Type of Purpose how can it Be read? Winter s Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Craig Hatkoff Nonfiction book how an injured dolphin received an artificial tail and learned to swim again or selected chapters Bottlenose Dolphin; animals. national geographic. com/ animals/ mammals/ bottlenosedolphin/?source=ato-z Web National Geographic where dolphins live and what sound they make map and audio Dolphins at Daybreak by Mary Pope Osborne Fantasy fiction entertained by a fantasy fiction Dolphins save surfer becoming shark s bait MSNBC 8/11/ msn.com/id / Web and video MSNBC about how dolphins and humans interact with each other Entire headings Video Dolphins know each other s names The London Times 5/7/2006 Newspaper The London Times about research being done with dolphins Entire five Ws and the inverted pyramid style of a newspaper FigUre Honor All Print Chart (example 1). 81

4 PROMOTING THE VALUE OF READING honor all Print Topic: Mysteries Possible s Type of Purpose how can it Be read? Dew Drop Dead by James Howe How Dinosaurs Took Flight: The Fossils, the Science, What We Think We Know, and Mysteries Yet Unsolved by Christopher Sloan Foreign Exchange: A Mystery in Poems by Mel Glenn Fiction Nonfiction Fiction story told in poems entertained by a fiction mystery about real unsolved mysteries chapter titles or headings entertained by mystery poem Mystery the Deep: The Puzzling Case of the Whalefish; si.edu/oceanphotos/ mystery-deeppuzzling-casewhalefish Web the Smithsonian about a marine mystery Entire the clues hot links in the Audio FigUre Honor All Print Chart (example 2). 82

5 honoring all the Print We are reading! Mrs. Smith s Grade 4 Class student Type of Purpose how Did i read it? Eric Orioles celebrate Newspaper To fi nd out who won the game. Chunk box score 4 3 win over Red Sox by David Ginsburg Molly Western saddles Web about a new saddle for my horse. Mrs. Smith Time s Person of the Year Magazine I wanted to learn who Time picked as its person of the year. headings Entire Mr. Brown, our principal The Art of Raising a Puppy by The Monks of New Skete Nonfiction I need to learn how to begin training my new golden retriever puppy. FigUre Honor All Print Chart (example 3). chapter titles. All rights reserved under International Copyright Convention. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, or stored in or introduced into any information storage or retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the written permission of The Guilford Press. Purchase this book now: Guilford Publications 72 Spring Street 83 New York, NY