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Silent reading time and reading conferences is sacred time for us this year!  Everyday, no excuses.  Time to read and develop a reading life is essential to reading instruction.

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Silent reading time and reading conferences is sacred time for us this year!  Everyday, no excuses.  Time to read and develop a reading life is essential to reading instruction.

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The single greatest factor in being a reader is how much you read.  So clear and simple!

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The single greatest factor in being a reader is how much you read.  So clear and simple!

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It is amazing to me how much harder we have been making this. Just let them read and have discussions!

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I don't experience push back from administration about silent reading in SBSD.

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Most important instructional time; time to read, to find a book, to develop a Ss reading life

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Silent reading IS learning.  I must talk to parents about that at BTSN.  I love the analogy about baseball practice, etc.  No one asks for research about why kids need to go to sports practice!  Love it and I am going to use it!

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Silent reading IS learning.  I must talk to parents about that at BTSN.  I love the analogy about baseball practice, etc.  No one asks for research about why kids need to go to sports practice!  Love it and I am going to use it!

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My challenge this year is to connect grammar / reading skill for the week with independent reading. 

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My challenge this year is to connect grammar / reading skill for the week with independent reading. 

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I love the analogy to basketball players practicing their craft to become professionals. This would be great to share with parents who do not value independent reading.

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A child sitting in a quiet room with a good book isn’t a flashy or marketable teaching method. It just happens to be the only way anyone became a reader.

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You might be saying to yourself, “Oh, you can get research to say anything.” No, you can’t. You cannot find credible research proving that the Sun rotates around the Earth or that bad air causes diseases. You cannot find research proving that test prep improves children’s reading achievement or test performance.

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You might be saying to yourself, “Oh, you can get research to say anything.” No, you can’t. You cannot find credible research proving that the Sun rotates around the Earth or that bad air causes diseases. You cannot find research proving that test prep improves children’s reading achievement or test performance.

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This is helpful and empowering when the community is looking for us to substantiate methodology.

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"Independent reading time should be a right for all children in English, not just for those who got through whatever they needed to get through."

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LESS IS MORE! Things have become so complicated that we have left behind the most important piece of reading success....simply reading!!! 

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LESS IS MORE! Things have become so complicated that we have left behind the most important piece of reading success....simply reading!!! 

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Sacred independent reading time is the one thing we should never skip...and research backs it up

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Sacred independent reading time is the one thing we should never skip...and research backs it up

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Single greatest factor in reading achievement (even above socio-economics) was reading volume

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"Do we really need research proving that kids who read the most outperform kids who don’t read that much?"

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"Do we really need research proving that kids who read the most outperform kids who don’t read that much?"

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Silent reading should be the last thing we sacrifice!