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I have decided to start off SSR/DEAR time with a novel study using partners. Since I will not have known the kids that long before we begin the project, I'm not sure how best to figure out how to pair them together. I obviously don't want an avid reader who will read the book in a week paired with a kid who despises reading. Here is the plan thus far: - get a list of books in which there are multiple copies in the library so that way more than one group and read the same book - do a book pass in class - students then use their book pass sheet to find a partner with whom they marked at least 5 books in common - partners check out the same book in the library, read it during SSR, and then complete a major grade project on it

My inclination is to do some sort of reading survey to determine avid readers, casual readers, and reluctant readers; then I would divide the kids into the three groups and let them find their partners from that group. The other option is to take our state t...See More
Teri One recommendation, do a timed reading. Give everyone a short story to read and give them the amount of time you plan on using for SSR. At the end of the time, have the students mark where they stopped reading. That way, you could pair students who read at similar speeds together. I would do this in conjunction with the book pass.

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Aug 22, 2010


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