10 Minutes of Stamina!

Today we increased our stamina to 10 minutes...up from 3 the past several days.  In our "Read to Self" workshop, we are discussing the importance of increasing stamina (see the 10 Strategies for Building Stamina below), while realizing it only will occur with some simple strategies (which are represented on our "Read to Self" anchor chart):

• Getting started right away
• Staying in one spot
• Checking for understanding
• Reading the whole time
• Using whisper voices (when talking is necessary)

These items are only possible if our students choose "Just Right Books," which will be covered early next week.

The following are some images of students enjoying a good book today at school:

See you next week!