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Teachers, are you looking for engaging ways to hold your students accountable during independent reading during Daily 5 or Readers Workshop and meet the common core standards? Read my free tips, tricks and strategies to hold your kids accountable during small groups, book clubs, independent reading, silent reading, and any time they pick up a book! Help kids track as they read a variety of texts in your classroom. Ideas great for upper elementary and middle school classes. Click to read…

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Elementary teachers tend to make the same mistakes with independent reading time. This introduction to independent reading will provide teacher tips to get you started! Discover the benefits of independent reading time for kindergarten and 1st grade students. Learn how to set up reading workshop for independent reading activities and strategies to establish expectations for student accountability during literacy centers. You'll also want to download the FREE printable reading anchor charts!

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Motivate students with independent reading by adding engaging reading sprints...turn the traditional reading log upside down!

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Meaningful assessment ideas for full-choice independent reading in middle and high school ELA #IndependentReading #ReadingAssessment #HighSchoolELA #MiddleSchoolELA

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If you have any variation of independent reading in your middle or high school English class, you've undoubtedly faced challenges at some point in the experience. Unlike the enthusiasm for reading in primary grades (think stickers, SSR, take-home bags, cute reading nooks, etc.), it's a huge accomplishment in secondary to get students to read anything, much less doing so with a stocked classroom library, fair assessments, and anything resembling enthusiasm. When many of our kids are…

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My first love as a student was reading. When my teacher would say to take out a book and read for 10 minutes after recess, I was in heaven. I dreaded the moment when she would tell us to put our books away. 10 minutes just wasn't enough for me! I could read all day long! Some of my faves from back in the day (Didn't we all start our own baby-sitters club?): Don't we all wish every student in our class was like perfect little eight year old me? My guess is most of US had the same attitude…

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Are you having trouble keeping your students focused during independent reading time? An independent reading reflection activity is the perfect solution to helping your students take ownership and responsibility over their own work!

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On Tuesdays and Thursdays, students start with 10ish minutes of silent reading time. Students choose independent reading books from the library. Each year, my team has a discussion about how to hold students accountable for independent reading. Over the years, I've tried lots of different methods for holding students accountable and for limiting the amount of sleeping and fake reading. Some of my favorite methods include writing to respond, literary analysis stations, and presentations!

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Independent reading in high school is important! I want my high school English students to become better readers and to enjoy reading, so I only use these non-graded activities for independent reading. If you want to learn more about independent reading activities high school students will enjoy AND learn from, you'll want to save and read this post! #elateacher #highschoolenglish #secondaryenglish #studentledlearning #englishlanguagearts #middleschoolela #ela

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Does your independent reading needing a refresh? Check out these independent reading ideas to see how your students can ....

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Reading Response activities will likely form a major part of your reading programme, whether you are running guided reading groups, a daily 5 system,

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Looking for some great novels for your 7th graders? Look no further! Check out this booklist featuring my favorite novels that are perfect for independent reading, novel studies, or book clubs. From adventure to mystery, there's something for every middle schooler. Plus, each book comes with a short summary and reading level information. Happy reading! #booksfor7thgraders #novelstudy #independentreading #homeschool #booklist #middlegradesreading

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