Are They Really Reading?: Expanding SSR in the Middle Grades

By Jodi Crum Marshall

All too often the poorest readers learn that if they keep quiet during sustained silent reading (SSR), they're doing okay--no reading required. This is especially true in middle school where class... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571103376
• ISBN13: 9781571103376
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Very helpful resource.

Our school has a structured fifteen minutes per day where kids are supposed to read in different content areas each day. Every day it's a struggle to the point that some teachers just ignore the reading time. This book has excellent ideas to ensure the students really read and learn to read for pleasure and information.

This stuff WORKS!

I purchased this book a couple of months ago and immediately put it to use in my 8th grade Language Arts classroom. The change in attitude for both my students and myself was AMAZING. Students who "pretended" to read before suddenly began actually reading "for real". As a result, their vocabularies improved, test scores went up, and some of them developed a passion for reading (and writing) which wasn't there before. Not only did my students begin enjoying books, I enjoyed teaching from these same books. One important tip: Always, always, always read the books you assign your kids ahead of time. Read them not just for content for "the test", but find books that are funny and relevant to THEM. I can't say enough about this book. Buy it, use it, and savor every magic moment when your kids finally enjoy reading!