Look at any of Steven Krashen's work. Also, Elaine Garen does a great job in her book Smart Answers to Tough Questions: What to Say When You're Asked About Fluency, Phonics, Grammar, Vocabulary, SSR, Tests, Support for ELLs, and More<http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Answers-Tough-Questions-Vocabulary/dp/0439024439/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281261261&sr=1-1> byElaine M. Garan<http://www.amazon.com/Elaine-M.-Garan/e/B001IU0CQI/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1281261261&sr=1-1>. There's been a lot of research in this area after the National Reading Panel seemed to say that independent reading was ineffective. Don't forget to go through the IRA Reading Teacher and their other research-based periodical files; they have a lot.
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 8:11 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I hope you can help! I need some sources (preferably current research) I > can print off regarding elementary age kids independently reading during > reading. My principal > extremely dislikes seeing kids just reading. Accountability is huge. Last > year I had the kids journal to me . . that was very enlightening! I had no > problems with that. > Independent reading seems to be a dirty phrase. Please help .. and ... > thank you! > > Kathleen > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > -- "There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals." Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
