Independent Reading

Inquiry Cycle Listing Menu

New Independent Reading
- New The Role of IR in an effective ELA curriculum
- New Motivation and Engagement
- New The Role of Choice
- New Connecting children and books
- New Anchor to literacy learning
- New Creating a Conducive Environment for IR
New Interactive Read Alouds
New Language and Literacy Development
- New Essential Practices
- New Language Gap
- New Building Relationships
- New Quality Interactions
- New Planning for Talk
- New Dialogic Reading
- New Story Dictation
New Literacy Centers
- New "What are centers, anyway?"
- New Effective literacy block
- New Procedures
- New Grouping
- New Meaningful tasks
- New Impact
New Literacy Instruction in Trauma Sensitive Schools
- New Foundations of Adverse Childhood Experiences
- New Trauma-Sensitive Practices
- New Creating a Community of Care
- New SEL Part 1
- New SEL Part 2
- New Mindset and Academic Achievement
- New Family and Community Partnerships
New Informational Text- Grades K-8
- New Informational text and the Common Core
- New Tackling the issue of range
- New Discussing informational texts
- New Synthesizing informational texts
- New Putting it all together
Elementary Writing
New Supporting Teacher Collaboration
- New Supporting teacher collaboration
- New Finding time
- New Setting expectations
- New Establishing norms
- New Building collaborative culture
- New Balancing leadership and colleagueship
- New Staying focused on learning
- New The cycle of collaboration
- New Collaboration as professional accountability
New Writing Workshop (Grades 3-8)
- New What is Writing Workshop?
- New Reading-Writing Connection
- New Writing Expectations
- New Authentic Writing Opportunities
- New Examining Assessment Practices
- New Assessment Framework: Feedback
- New Assessment Framework: Feed Forward
Writing Workshop (PK-2)
- Why writing matters
- New What is writing workshop?
- New Scaffolding young writers
- New Empowering young authors
- New Motivation and engagement
- New Gradual release
- New Coming up with ideas
- New Teachable moments
- New Struggling and reluctant writers

An Overview of Independent Reading

Independent reading is a critical part of literacy instruction. In this inquiry cycle learn what researchers and experts in the field say about this practice. Explore your current practice and discuss how to leverage this time to empower students as readers.