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Building a Culture of Independent Reading through Literacy Clubs
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Tichenor, Mercedes; Piechura, Kathy; Diedrichs, Robin; Heins, Elizabeth – Reading Improvement, 2020
Today's teachers are required to spend most of their English/Language Arts time in teacher-directed instruction with required text, which is primarily informational. Little, if any, time is allocated to self-selected independent reading (Garan & DeVoogd, 2008). In addition, some teachers do not understand the importance of independent reading…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Clubs, Recreational Reading, Elementary School Students