I love to read.I always put myself to sleep with a 'good' book.Growing up as a child ,I remember reading alot.Even though books were a rarety for me as a child,what inspired me to love reading was the fact that I had nothing else to do and no access to a variety of books like our children have today.I do not cofine myself to a specific genre.I read just about anything.If anyone recommends a book,I'll definetely check it out.Right now I'm reading The Great Gatsby.Before Gatsby,I read Freedom Writers and One More Day by Mitch Albom.When I got married I lost my reading mojo .With the birth of my children, I was always so exhausted.In my classroom however,reading revolves around teaching my students to be engaged as readers by using reading strategies before reading,during reading and after reading.I model a strategy such as "Making Inferences", complete a Read Aloud/Think Aloud,then have the students practice the strategy during the Work Period and during their 10 minutes of independent reading.After they read,they make an entry in their Reader's Notebook -sometimes about how they used a preassigned reading strategy while they were reading.Some of my kids don't like to read at all-this is something I struggle with daily but I must say we are making strides towards developing as readers.I think with the onset of technology,reading is changing.For example for struggling readers,there's software available such as Read 180 that can guide them to improve their reading and set at their own pace.With this kind of technology ,students will not feel left behind and also improve their self esteem as they actually see the results immediately.Our kids are more visual and technology definetely can inspire them to read more instead of the traditional way that we read when we went to school.Technology will not replace but enhance student interest in reading.