Independent Reading

Each day during Reader's Workshop, our students practice "reading" books quietly during Independent Reading.  We started out with 3 minutes and are adding time each week, working towards a goal of 25 minutes.  Each student has his/her own folder containing 4-8 books.  They are required to sit quietly in their "Work Spaces" and look at their books until the timer rings and Independent Reading is over.  Following Independent Reading, students log in one book that they have read in their Reading Logs.  A big thank you to Mrs. Fick, who volunteers in our classroom each Friday.  She assists the children in choosing their own Independent Reading books, then adds a new page to the children's Reading Logs for the next week.