Read to self

Read to Self anchor chart features different strategies and rules for independent reading. Be a leader! Be a reader! 1) find a good fit book. 2)find a comfortable place to sit. 3) sit still. 4) keep your eyes on the book. 5) read quietly. 6) stay focused. 7) look at the pictures. 8) sound-out new words. 9) think about what might happen next.

Use this FREE Reading Log worksheet so your kids can record the books they are reading. Kids get motivated to read more when they can see how many books they are reading on a chart! Click on the picture to read about this activity and 12 more fun activities (including 4 more FREE worksheets)!

According to our class Days In School Chart we are in 33 days! I finally feel like the mounds of work are dwindling and I am able to leave the classroom at a decent hour. Luckily there has been no surf, so I have devoted more time into my class. I know that sounds horrible, but if there are any sort of waves near me I leave school as quickly as possible to be in them!! I wanted to share with you how my Daily 5 rotations have been going this year. I started out slow by taking it step by step…

Building reading stamina is important and it begins in the early grades with our youngest readers. Check out my favorite ideas for helping children increase their time spent reading and download a free reading stamina graph to track their progress. #ReadingStamina #ReadingAnchorChart #FirstGradeReadingLessons #SecondGradeReadingLessons #ReadingStaminaGraph #ReadingStaminaChart #HowToIncreaseReadingStamina #Homeschool

Use the first five minutes of your small group reading time to integrate one-on-one instruction for your growing readers! Learn how to help students self-start at the small group table, make time for running records and individualized instruction, and keep yourself focused and organized so that you stay on time during your small group lessons! #reading #smallgroup #guidedreading #literacy #classroomorganization #classroommanagement #classroomroutines #classroomschedule #reading

These are all the ideas the students came up with about what good readers look like during independent reading time. We also named him Roel thanks to my intern teacher!

Daily 5 read to self anchor chart

I hope you were able to come up with some great ideas of how you plan on making Read To Self work in your kindergarten class. This chapter certainly gave me quite a bit to consider. I sure was glad to have Krissy's guiding questions to help me through it. Before I go there though, I have had many of you ask about acquiring books and making sure you have enough to get started. Teachers never truly ever have enough books do they?

Is silent reading time a struggle in your classroom? Here are some unique and fun strategies to use in your classroom to improve your students' independent and silent reading time.

Hi! Hope that your summer is great! I love being a teacher, but I think part of the reason I love it so much is because we get those 2 summe...

*FREEBIE* Setting reading expectations in early elementary classrooms is so important and will build life long learners. Grab these FREE reading expectation anchor charts to put in your kindergarten, first and second grade classrooms! #readingexpectations #elementaryliteracy #anchorcharts #bestofmrsjonescreationstation

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My new obsession this year has been making and using anchor charts for my lessons. Here are just some of the anchor charts I have made thi...

Tips for starting Daily 5 in the classroom--building stamina for read to self

Love this anchor chart that encourages the class to build their reading stamina.

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Today we’ve been working on our Read to Self stamina! Hopefully by Friday we will be all the way up to 20 minutes. We read the cutest book,…

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