Students should be...
- reading 15 - 30 minutes every night from a novel
- finishing about 1 average sized novel (200 - 300 pages) every month at least
- reading English newspapers, magazines and websites daily
- interacting with new vocabulary they come across in their readings by recording it, looking up meaning, trying to use the words in speaking and reviewing them
- thinking, analyzing, discussing and writing about what they read aside from what is done in the classroom
- reading 15 - 30 minutes every night from a novel
- finishing about 1 average sized novel (200 - 300 pages) every month at least
- reading English newspapers, magazines and websites daily
- interacting with new vocabulary they come across in their readings by recording it, looking up meaning, trying to use the words in speaking and reviewing them
- thinking, analyzing, discussing and writing about what they read aside from what is done in the classroom
Improve Reading Fluency and Comprehension...
Students must read each story OUT LOUD and SILENTLY. Then, answer the multiple choice comprehension at the bottom. In their notebook students must tell me which reading they chose and write down the words and pronunciation(including syllable stress) that were troublesome.
http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/classroom-resources/ten-free-reading-comprehension-exercises-online/
http://www.k12reader.com/what-is-reading-fluency/
http://missionliteracy.com/assessment---reading-comprehension.html