#independentreading

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Final Response: Research Analysis for Independent Reading "Hoops"

Final Response: Research Analysis for Independent Reading “Hoops”

Matthew McAlvey

10/28/2018

1st Hour American Lit

Mrs. Reed

  Hoops

This book Hoopsoffers a lot of good content from referring to common American struggles for inner-city teens. I believe inner-city kids have a more difficult chance, but can be successful if they have the help and stay safe. The book follows a normal teenager named Lonnie throughout his life in the Harlem. As he looks to catch a…

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Our new buddy reading scheme involves the older children being able to share a story with the younger children. This allows the older children to carry out extra responsibility whilst practising their reading skills and gives the younger children extra support and allows them to learn collaboratively whilst making new friends 📕👭#independentreading #bigsandsmalls #makingfriends #qualityeducation #kohtao #childcare #daycare #school #thailand #followus (at Koh Tao Playskool and Daycare)

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You know your child is growing up when you can enjoy the entire 🍳☕️ without any interruption cos he's busy playing & reading. 👦🏻📖💙✨🙏✨ #independentplay #independentreading #gratefulforthespace

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#TBT #StoryTime #QuietTime #IndependentReading was always my favorite. Lol. As soon as I saw this, I remember what it felt like to be me as a little girl the first time I read this book. I have always loved reading! Big shout out to all the teachers out there. (at Kenmoor Elementary)

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Book Speed Dating to Encourage Independent Reading

Our English department chair recently returned from the NCTE conference excited to begin independent reading in her high school English classes. The week of Thanksgiving she came to me and asked if I could do some booktalks for her classes in December. Since our classes are 65-75 minutes long, we decided to do 15 minutes of booktalking and then a book speed dating activity with her students. What a success!

I was inspired by the book speed dating activity my friend Tiffany Whitehead has written about on her blog, The Mighty Little Librarian. Following her model, students had 30 seconds to select a book from bins on their tables, four minutes to read, then 30 seconds to rate the book. Each student has a reading/writing journal, and they use the back page to write down book titles they might want to read. As I booktalked and as we went through the speed dating rounds, students wrote down titles they are interested in reading. The goal of the class was for students to find one book to check out.

Since we have been in the process of genrefying our fiction collection, making sure that I had a variety of genres for students to choose from was so easy. I also tried to select a balance of books with male/female protagonists and multicultural representation.

The first class had 10 students, so I had 3 bins of books (6-8 books per bin) plus 8 books that I booktalked. The second class had 13 students, so I added 2 additional bins of books and replenished the bins from the first class. I also had backup books to booktalk for the second class in case ones from the first class got checked out (which they did).

For each round of speed dating, we rotated the bins between tables so students had a new selection to choose from. We did four rounds in each class. At the end, we had each student tell the class their selection and why they chose the book. This was a great way to see and hear what students in our upper school are interested in reading. 

Feedback from students was positive as they said this activity helped them find books to read they might not have picked up otherwise. All 23 students that participated checked out a book! A few even mentioned they had never checked out a book from our school library (they are juniors!). And they now have a list of 3 or 4 additional titles they might be interested in reading listed in the back of their reading/writing journals.

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Independent Reading Unit Reflection:

I really liked this unit. I was genuinely very happy with the fact that we were able to chose our own pace to read. There was not much writing involved which made the reading 10000X better because I did not feel like I had to analyze every single sentence I read. I tried to make time to read, but sometimes I didn’t get to it. The first book I read got really boring about halfway in and it started feeling like a chore to read it so I put it down and grabbed another. This new book is a blessing. It is super funny and I am actually a little sad when I don’t get time in the day to read a portion. When I don’t get to read it for a couple of days then start reading again I always think to myself “This book is great. Now I remember why I grabbed it in the first place.” 

Students should be given time to everyday to independently read. Teachers in all subjects should incorporate independent reading into their lesson plans because it helps students higher their education.

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Independent Reading

Independent reading, in my field placement, is not related to Reading Wonders. After lunch, students are given the option of sitting at the reading carpet or at their desks. They pick their own books from the class library. There are high-frequency word books, chapter books, non-fiction books, fiction books, picture books, etc., books available for the students to read. They are given 40 minutes.