As my students were putting the finishing touches on their collaborative PSAs that they were creating with students from across the country, we were reading There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar. One of my goals this year is to bring more literature into our day in spite of our rigid schedule and prescriptive reading program. (See ...

This reading strategy is focused on technology and the Internet to engage boys in reading. Students are quite engaged in the learning when technology is involved in the learning. There are numerous tools to use in the classroom that are quite engaging. . . . → Read More: Boys’ Reading Strategy 9 – Get the Net

The 8th reading strategy contained in Me Read? And How! Ontario Ministry of Education document focuses on making the learning real, so students are engaged in a real-life learning situation. By having students engage in real projects that have a purpose in the world, they are engaged in the project and are reading without really even thinking ...

Me Read? And How! is a follow up document to the Me Read? No Way! that was produced by the Ontario Ministry of Education to present 13 strategies to teachers for the purpose of improving boys' literacy in the province. The new document that was released in 2009 outlines the comparable boys' literacy trends in Canada, Britain and Australia, and ...