A new school year brings me new 8th graders who have reading interests unique to them. During the first quarter of this school year my students have loved so many books. Some books introduced them to new authors and new genres. And of course, students enjoy the tried and true favorite books for middle schoolers….
In my last blog post I shared about my mission to build a strong independent reading community in my middle school classroom and this week I want to share some ways that I assess independent reading. I give a lot of time to reading in my classroom, but I also need to assess the thinking…
The last few years I’ve been on a mission to make independent reading a treasured part of my classroom community. I am routinely told by a group of students at the beginning of the year that, “Reading is just not my thing,” or that, “Reading is sooooo boring!” and my response usually goes something like…