I've just been rereading Book Love by Penny Kittle, a book that deeply resonates within me regarding the necessity of teaching kids to love reading. For this reason, we must make time for independent reading in our classrooms - a time where kids read books OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING, and are not expected to respond to each and every book. A time to promote the love of reading! Besides encouraging a love of books, independent reading provides opportunity for the teacher to observe students' engagement with their reading, and time for students to practice the reading skills they are working on. And there's one more important aspect... Independent reading provides time for me to conference with students about their reading behaviours. While the class is reading, I often take this opportunity to have two-minute conversations with students about their books. Faye Brownie calls this the "whip-around" conference. I've taken information from Faye and Donalyn Miller (from her great book The Book Whisperer) to create a record that I use during whip-arounds to keep track of my observations. This form is available for download below.
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