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Answer to ilovetexas
By ConnieWI

My silent reading lasts through attendance, lunch count, reading status, and into guided reading. At that point, some guided reading students may have comprehension work to finish from the day before, attending intervention
class, my parent volunteers may be listening to students read or testing math facts, a few students may be doing centers, students might be practicing spelling, or some students may have math boxes that need correcting.

When these tasks are completed, they go back to independent reading. I do not have another D.E.A.R. or S.Q.U.I.R.T. time during my school day.

Students

also read independently when assignments are completed or they would say, "I'm done. What should I do now?" They do not even ask, but rather take out reading logs and a book.

My students also read fifteen or more minutes each evening. Most students average about three to four hundred minutes per week of independent reading between homework minutes and minutes read during the school day.

If you want to be better at anything, you need to practice...and this provides that practice.