HIT - Silent Reading Acronyms

[D & P Wade <dpwade@POWERUP.COM.AU>]

Hi again.

Thanks to everyone who sent information!  The teachers at my school will
have some wonderful ideas to work with.


BEAR - Be Enthusiastic About Reading
DIRT - Daily Individual Reading Time
ERIC - Everybody Reads In Class
FRED - Free Reading Every Day
FROG - Frequent Reading Our Goal
NIB - Nose In Book
OSCAR - Our School Cares about Reading
OTTER - Our Time To Enjoy Reading
PAR - Pause and Read
QBT - Quiet Book Time
ROAR - Reach Out and Read
SQUIRT - Special Quiet Uninterrupted Individual Reading Time
SQUIRT - Special Quiet Unique Independent Reading Time
SQUIRT - Special Quiet Uninterrupted Interesting Reading Time
SQUIRT - Super Quiet Uninterrupted Reading Time
SSR - Sustained Silent Reading
STAR - Students, Teachers, All Read
STAR - Sit Together And Read
USSR - Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading
VFR - Voluntary Free Reading
ZYLAR - Zip Your Lips And Read

and if the program is really successful, and you need to slow the pace, try
TROT - Try Regular Old Teaching!

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