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Students are engaged with the stories they're reading. They will come up and want to talk with me about the text.

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I've afforded students the opportunity to go to the media center once every two weeks to pick out new books and return old ones. We religiously put aside 10-15 minutes for independent reading

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I took students to the library the second week of school. Many students have shared and recommended books they enjoy to myself and their peers. 

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I took students to the library the second week of school. Many students have shared and recommended books they enjoy to myself and their peers. 

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Some students do not use their time wisely to read during class or at home.

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What is going well with Independent Reading in my classroom is how the students are responding to the books that they choose. I will give them 10-15 minutes to read their library book, and give them an open ended writing prompt that relates to the skill being taught that day.

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Getting students off their phones during independent reading. (Only a few of them).

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How do you navigate students taking different times to read texts?

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How do you navigate students taking different times to read texts?

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We have started the 40 Book Challenge and I have done a book talk to "hype" up reading for the students. We are still working to get them out of the mindset of reading is boring/hard, and to try and get them to choose grade level texts for themselves (not mangas)

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Our students are applying their independent reading to things we are learning in class- theme, characterization, etc., through exit tickets and journals

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More time for independent reading, more book talks, start class read aloud

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Finding more "mini-lessons" to use in conjunction with independent reading.

Essentially, allowing kids to "read with a purpose"

I've been doing "quick note" activities where I throw a DOK question at them, and they write their answers in their notebooks, but I want to get more "creative"

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Some students struggle finding texts they want to read (a lot of them have been reading only graphic novels). How do we get them to read more challenging texts and stay engaged with them?

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Do your students enjoy reading aloud?  Do they "zone out" when you read?

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Do your students enjoy reading aloud?  Do they "zone out" when you read?

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Getting students to build their reading stamina. They are not happy with me when I tell them to read for 10-15 minutes first thing in the morning.

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I was able to build a really strong reading class environment with my students last year and I am working to do that again but in some ways I guess I do not know what I did to build that

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I would love to hear more about how we can turn independent reading into full on Lit. Circles or Book Clubs!

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We have had more library days this year than we got to have last year, and we're able to hold students accountable over their reading. I've had several students engaged in reading and have gotten to hear from students about their books (this didn't happen as much last year since students were at home).

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I am doing independent reading conferences with each student once a quarter to see what they are reading and if they need to be challenged more.

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I agree with Pappas. How can we turn their independent reading into something the students can share and discuss with their other classmates.

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How well do your students utilize the independent reading time they are given in class? Are they actually engaging with the text or distracted by others and the technology around them?

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Students have started to figure out genres of books they enjoy reading individually.

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I'm struggling to find the time/ resources to motivate students to read independently. My students know that it's their responsibility to read when they're finished with work, but the reluctant readers will stare blankly at pages or choose to do other things. Trying to find incentives!