Hello all;
I had a 4th grade teacher come to me a few minutes ago almost in tears. =
She has been challenged on her 30-40 minutes of SSR daily. She does do =
direct reading instruction, reads to her children daily, and also has =
them read out of textbooks in addition to the SSR. =20
The complaint was that Sustained Silent Reading hasn't been "research =
proven" to be beneficial to improve students reading skills.
The students are for the most part a year or so above level in reading. =
They read in their zone of proximal development for AR. They read =
their AR book during SSR. They also have a wealth of books to chose =
from the classroom in addition to the AR books.
I told her I would search tonight for research pro and con about using =
SSR in the classroom to improve reading. Everything I remember points =
to SSR as being beneficial. I can't ever remember hearing cons but I =
want to be fair.
If you've been down this road and could point me to some articles, I'd =
appreciate the help.
Jan Cole
LMS
Horace Mann Elementary
Duncan, OK
n2books@cableone.net
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