Reading Life Sessions 4 and 5
INDEPENDENT READING
Guiding Question: What do good readers do when they read
independently and together?
Classroom Library
Book care • With a partner, discuss some examples
of how to take care of books and how not to take care of books.
Check in/ out procedures• What is the procedure for our
classroom library?
Silent-Sustained Reading(SSR)
Rules for SSR:
1. Read silently
2. Stay seated
3. No talking or working on other things
4. Everyone reads until the timer goes off
Reasons for independent reading
People who read regularly do better on tests like STAAR
The more words you read the more words you know
The more you read, the better reader you will become
Vocabulary size is the best predictor of reading
comprehension
Independent reading should be the single largest
source of vocabulary growth
Did You Know?
Reading 40 minutes per day (2.3 million words per year) = 90th
percentile
Reading 12 minutes per day (600,000 words per year) = 50th percentile
Reading 2 minutes per day (50,000 words per year) = 10th percentile
What do you think this data reveals about
reading?
W H A T I S S H A R E D R E A D I N G ?
Students and teacher all have same copy of the
text.• Can be a book, magazine article, internet article,
etc.
Students follow along as teacher or audio reads
aloud.
Time for teacher to model reading fluency.
RULES FOR SHARED READING
Think about the book!
Stay in your seat.
Be respectful-don’t distract others.
Read along silently-you MUST be looking at the
text!
Raise your hand to contribute to class discussions.
Independent v. Shared
What is the difference between
independent reading and shared
reading?
How are the rules alike &
different for independent and
shared reading?
OUR FIRST SHARED READING TEXT
Tuck Everlasting Book Trailer