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Direct linkKelley, Michelle J.; Clausen-Grace, Nicki – Reading Teacher, 2009
The authors provide teachers with a rationale for engaging students in independent reading using a differentiated approach. By profiling types of readers, sharing observational tools, and offering teaching suggestions for each type of reader the authors give practical suggestions to facilitate reading engagement and make independent reading more…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Reading Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Student Motivation
Peer reviewedSchaudt, Barbara A. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Uses data from the ERIC system to review the practice of sustained silent reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Attitudes, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedLee-Daniels, Sonya L.; Murray, Bruce A. – Reading Teacher, 2000
Describes the author's voluntary reading program in her second-grade classroom. Describes how her basic Drop Everything and Read program needed to be added to and tinkered with to keep students interested and motivated: paired reading and discussion, visual reading records, and praise and occasional rewards. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 2, Primary Education, Reading Attitudes
Trudel, Heidi – Reading Teacher, 2007
Due in part to conflicting opinions and research results, the practice of sustained silent reading (SSR) in schools has been questioned. After a frustrating experience with SSR, the author of this article began a data-driven decision-making process to gain new insights on how to structure silent reading in a classroom, including a comparison…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Sustained Silent Reading, Student Attitudes, Independent Reading
Peer reviewedAnderson, Cynthia – Reading Teacher, 2000
Recommends Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) in grades 2-12 to improve students' reading and to teach them to love to read. Outlines rules for SSR, and offers notes to the teacher on its implementation. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits
Peer reviewedAranha, Mabel – Reading Teacher, 1985
Describes an attempt to introduce SSR in an English language school near Bombay, India. Shows that the fourth grade students involved in the program improved both their attitude and their reading achievement. (FL)
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedReading Teacher, 1983
Six contributors suggest ways to (1) improve handwriting, (2) help children choose reading materials, (3) develop sight vocabulary, (4) use phonics with ESL learners, (5) use Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading, and (6) teach reading comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Learning Activities, Phonics
