Topic: Independent Reading

Guided reading nurtures strong readers and plays a pivotal role in helping young learners become confident and capable readers.

Providing young children with lots of opportunities and encouragement to read unfamiliar books helps them to become adventurous, confident readers who are highly engaged meaning-makers.

Read-aloud time is an opportunity to mentor children in the mindset, habits, and strategies of proficient readers.

The goal of The Book Love Foundation is to put books in the hands of teachers of teenagers. We aim instruction toward increasing volume, stamina, and joy in reading in middle and high school.

For anyone looking for high-quality reading instructional methods, it’s easy to fall in love with independent reading time.

When students feel trusted, supported, and cared for, they are more likely to take an active role in their own learning, feel more engaged, and transfer literacy learning into independence.

When we value time, choice, talk and teacher support in independent reading, we can design a classroom that promotes these principles.

From his work around the world over the last two decades, including virtual work with teachers, districts, and communities since the start of the pandemic, Cornelius Minor has a clear idea of the challenges facing teachers in this moment.

When we listen closely to the stories readers tell about their reading lives, we are better able to name their strengths as a reader.

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