This paper examined the reading habits of students, and possible connections between teacher's working methods and perusal activities in the lesson with a positive attitude towards reading and perusal lessons. The theme was chosen to show the students' reading habits and the importance of motivational processes and teacher activities in perusal lessons and selection of book titles. The teacher , along with the parents , is the most important factor in developing children's reading habits and their awareness of the importance of reading, thus it is important that he or she encourages pupils to read and reflect on their reading by using creative processes , different working methods and selecting appropriate and interesting titles for the pupils. This graduate work is composed of three parts. The first part shows the theoretical level of reading, perusal and motivation. The second part is the practical part of the work and it provides us with interpretations of two perusal lessons (fairy tale and a story). Described in this part are the goals and tasks, working methods and forms of work and activities carried out in class. The third part of the paper describes an analysis of data obtained in this survey. The results are presented in tables and graphs. Examined were the reading habits of the second –grade pupils from the primary school of “Davorin Trstenjak ", Čađavica.