Webinar replay: How to Inspire a Love of Reading

Want to inspire a love of reading or stretch children’s creativity by writing their own stories? Let’s explore how to take the stress out of lesson planning and provide structured guided reading, narrative writing, and storytelling experiences for young learners, featuring examples from the Abridge Academy curriculum.

Webinar replay

In this webinar, we discussed:

The power of reading to support learning, both for ESL and ELA students.
Strategies for making reading more fun and engaging, both online and in-person.
How to set up group reading clubs or otherwise promote collaborative / social activities around reading.
Creative and hands-on activities linked to stories.
Using Koala Go playgrounds to immerse children in storytelling.
Running reading challenges and competitions to inspire your students.
Linking reading to creative and narrative writing skills.
The Abridge Academy reading courses, including the new Traditional Stories collection (guided reading, storytelling, and creative writing), The Little Prince guided reading course (more extended reading over multiple lessons), and the English News program (non-fiction reading and discussion).

Save Time and Teach More Effective Guided Reading Lessons

Do your students love reading cute stories and having fun in class, but you’re struggling to find suitable books for their level or link stories to measurable learning outcomes? Maybe you want to stretch their creativity a bit, helping them tell their own stories?

Take the stress out of finding high quality guided reading materials adapted for ESL students with Abridge Academy’s pre-made guided reading lessons! Our ever-expanding library includes everything you need to teach engaging, fun and interactive online ESL classes, including:

📚 Levelled reading lessons based around traditional fairy tales and fables.
📝 Creative and narrative writing lessons to develop storytelling skills.
🎁 100s of printable worksheets, flashcards, certificates and creative projects.

Designed specifically for ESL students, these lessons are fun and engaging, link directly to language learning objectives, and are packed full of interactive activities! They can be used as stand-alone lessons, added in to supplement your core curriculum lessons, or taught as a full guided reading or creative writing course. Get started for free today →