High school is where most students’ love for reading goes to die—if it even stays alive that long. Many factors contribute to this, but one of the biggest is that in high school (and often even earlier), reading is not something done for fun but something done for grades. Instead of “read this book becauseContinue reading “9 Ingredients for a Successful Independent Reading Program”
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Celebrating a Year of Reading
The independent reading program I implemented this year was hands-down my favorite part of the year. I tried and failed to implement independent reading for years. Once grades were out of the way, we had the space to read what we wanted, when we wanted—we were developing rich reading lives. (Obviously, many people have thrivingContinue reading “Celebrating a Year of Reading”
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