https://www.ashleigh-educationjourney.com/independent-reading/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=independent-reading Helpful 3rd – 5th Grade Teaching Resources Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:52:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.ashleigh-educationjourney.com/independent-reading/#comment-13177 Sun, 30 Jun 2019 21:48:04 +0000 https://ashleighej.wpengine.com/?p=17710#comment-13177 I agree with you . I taught 5th for 17 years and moved to 4th last year. I have always implemented similar reading requirements and would never give up independent reading time. I tell my kids it’s just as important as math, spelling, writing or anything else we do. Very few students read at home by this age there are just to many distractions and parents believe they can read so they don’t push it like they do in grades 1-3. In all my years my students grow 2-3 grade levels in reading and finally find they love to read. Good readers make good writers and it helps in every other subject. I don’t understand why you wouldn’t put time and effort into something that is proven to improve students in every subject area. And PS I don’t have a student library in my room and nobody leaves or looses their library books.

]]> https://www.ashleigh-educationjourney.com/independent-reading/#comment-12313 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:40:09 +0000 https://ashleighej.wpengine.com/?p=17710#comment-12313 Good commentary on leveled reading! Thanks for the resource of High Noon Books.

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