Sustained Silent Reading that we also call SSR is a form of recreational reading, or free voluntary reading, where students read silently in a designated time period. During SSR students are allowed to choose their own books.
It is a period of uninterrupted silent reading and is based upon a single simple principle: Reading is a skill. And like all skills, the more we use it, the better we get at it. Like swimming, once we learn it, we never forget it. But in order to get better at either reading or swimming, we must jump into the book or the water and do it over and over.
This week 4th and 5th grade students engaged themselves in SSR and dived into books of their choice:
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