Many of us are plagued by negative memories of sustained silent reading. In some of these memories, we are the students, attempting to read a book that didn't hold our interest or trying to read over the din of our disengaged classmates. In other memories, we are the teachers, suffering through a ten-minute classroom management nightmare, deciding…

IT WAS DETERMINED THAT INDEPENDENT READING ACTIVITIES SHOULD BASICALLY GROW FROM AND BE RELATED TO THE READING MATERIALS BEING USED IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL LESSONS. THEY MAY ALSO INCLUDE MATERIALS OF A NATURE SO AS TO PROVIDE WORTHWHILE PRACTICE, CONCEPT BUILDING, OR ENRICHMENT LEARNINGS. MANY RECOMMENDED EXAMPLES OF SUITABLE READING ACTIVITIES AT…