Independent Reading

This year, I am trying to move towards a class based solely (well, mostly) on independent reading. By doing this, I aspire to create students who will love to read and by effect, become good readers.

I give credit to my father for making me a reader. Every Sunday after church he would take me to Bookstop and let me choose two or three books. I would stay up for hours past my bedtime devouring these books plus the others I would pick up from the school library. Thus, I became a decent reader, a decent thinker, and a decent writer. Thanks DAD!

Stocking up a classroom library has been expensive, but I have scored some good deals along the way. My best resources have been: the Scholastic book clubs, Half Price Book's clearance section, Amazon's Bargain bin, the public library's bookstore, and Bookcloseouts.com.

Lots of money, but going to great use- filling kids' brains.