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Miller, Donalyn – Reading Teacher, 2012
Numerous research studies prove that wide reading improves children's comprehension, background knowledge, vocabulary, fluency, and writing. The author, a sixth-grade language arts teacher, describes the classroom conditions and instructional practices that encourage wide reading and increase her students' reading motivation such as choice in…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Reading Materials, Teaching Methods, Language Arts