Moss, Barbara

"In a time when reading instruction is being marginalized and replaced with scripted reading programs, Independent reading : creating lifelong readers gives concrete suggestions for creating independent reading programs that make a difference. In a hands-on, approachable style, authors Barbara Moss and Terrell Young show you how to effectively reestablish independent reading as a central focus in your K-6 classroom"--Page 4 of cover.

Discusses the benefits of independent reading, and provides suggestions and tools teachers may use to create independent reading programs in their kindergarten through sixth grade classrooms. Includes a literature list, graphic organizers, and reproducible handouts for parents.

Provides thirty-five teaching strategies to help kindergarten through twelfth-grade students learn to think critically about what they read, separated into five main categories, and including reproducible worksheets for the activities described for each strategy.