I’m going to preface this by stating that I’m a children’s librarian and I have VERY strong feelings about literacy and freedom of choice when it comes to reading, so please feel free to let me know ...

Readers, please read this magazine for 20 minutes every night until you have finished the issue. You may read longer, of course, but 20 minutes is the minimum. Use a timer. Record the date and number ...

The Reading is Cool program asks students, with the help of teachers and parents, to record the number of minutes they read each month on their . The Reading is Cool program asks students, with the ...

With my principal’s hearty support, this is the e-mail I sent to parents today. I thought I would share it with you, too. We all address the same issue in our classes each day. This weekend, ...

The new question-of-the-week is: Should “reading logs” be assigned to students and, if not, what are alternatives? “Reading logs” are forms that, typically, parents have to sign showing that their ...