READING

Engaged readers:

• choose to read for a variety of purposes

• build on previous reading experiences to construct new understandings

• use reading strategies to make sense of their reading

• discuss their reading with others

Classroom environments where students are challenged and excited by their reading include:

• access to a wide variety of texts

• strategies for ways to choose texts for different purposes

• personal choice in selecting texts

• personalized reading strategy instruction

• extended periods of time to read and respond to texts

• opportunities to discuss reading