Building Stamina in Reading

The past few days the first graders have been hard at work building stamina in indepedent reading.  Students began with a choice of reading the words or the pictures of books in their book bins.  We started the timer, and began "read to self".  The first day, we stopped after 3 minutes of successful reading.  As soon as someone is unable to focus, the timer stops and we gather to process our reading.  Each day, we hope to add a few minutes of "read to self" with the goal of students being able to read for thirty or more uninterrupted minutes independently.  Today we made it to 6 minutes!  Check in with your child often to find out how we're progressing!