Sustained Silent Reading Mary Pizzimenti. What are you reading now? How did you select it & would you recommend it?

Sustained Silent ReadingSustained Silent Reading

Mary Pizzimenti

What are you reading now?What are you reading now?

How did you select it &How did you select it &would you recommend it?would you recommend it?

SSR+SSR+

READING APPRENTICESHIPREADING APPRENTICESHIP

What did the National Reading Panel What did the National Reading Panel really say about Silent Sustained Reading really say about Silent Sustained Reading

(SSR)?(SSR)?

The National Reading Panel (NRP, 2000, National Reading Panel (NRP, 2000, p. 3-24)p. 3-24) found 10 SSR studies that met their stringent criteria for inclusion in a meta-analysis of effects on reading fluency.

7 of 10 studies reported no statistically significant effect or mixed effects for SSR on students’ reading achievement of growth.

What did the National Reading Panel What did the National Reading Panel really say about Silent Sustained Reading really say about Silent Sustained Reading

(SSR)?(SSR)?

Of the 3 studies that found significantly different effects favoring SSR as compared with a control or other comparison groups, the magnitude of effect estimates in these three studies were relatively and absolutely small and were judged to be of a “non-educationally” significant size (National Reading Panel, 2000, pg. 3-24).

Why didn’t SSR work?Why didn’t SSR work?

Some weaknesses included: no teacher guidance for students about how to

select appropriately challenging texts to read; poor monitoring of students during the time

allocated for reading practice; little or no teacher interaction with students

around reading texts; and no student accountability, purposes, or goals

for the time spent in reading practice.

Why didn’t SSR work very well as a way Why didn’t SSR work very well as a way to practice reading effectively for to practice reading effectively for

fluency?fluency?

One of the concerns and criticisms surrounding traditionally implemented SSR focused upon the conspicuous absence of teacher and student interactions around the reading of texts.


fluency?fluency?

Steven Stahl contended that (2004, p. 206), “One failing of SSR is that teachers may not monitor their students’ reading…”


fluency?fluency?

Bryan, Fawson & Reutzel (2003) demonstrated that when classroom teachers monitored their students’ silent reading during SSR using brief interactions and accountability conferences that the even the most disengaged students in the class remained on task for up to three weeks without additional monitoring visits.


fluency?fluency?

Allowing choice of reading materials increases student motivation (Guthrie & Wigfield, 1997). BUT unguided choice can often lead to students selecting inappropriately difficult books for reading practice (Donovan, Smolkin, and Lomax, 2000; Fresch, 1995).


fluency?fluency?

The National Reading Panel National Reading Panel (NRP, 2000)(NRP, 2000) found another feature of effective reading practice involved students’ receiving feedback about their reading.

Reading Apprenticeship and SSRReading Apprenticeship and SSR

Reading practice that redesigns conditions to deal affirmatively with past concerns and criticisms surrounding traditionally implemented Silent Sustained Reading (SSR).

RA & SSRRA & SSR

Provide students with necessary support, guidance, structure, appropriate text difficulty, accountability, and monitoring that will assist them in transferring their oral reading skills to successful and effective silent reading practice.

How do you implement SSR?How do you implement SSR?

Get books into hands of students:• Visit media center• Create a classroom library• Do a book pass


Establish a protocol and routine: Minutes per session Stay on task Everyone participates

How do you implement SSR+?How do you implement SSR+?

Teach book selection strategy lessons including: Ten page rule Book pass Reading Survey Genre Study Student Book Advertising

How do you implement SSR+?How do you implement SSR+?

Choice :Guided Student Selection

Find Independent reading level

Lexile as a guide

Survey to find genre/author interest

How do you implement ScSR?How do you implement ScSR?Progress:

Monitor progress: pages read, number of minutes, books selected

Commitment to process: start on time, not distracted, brings book

Goal setting


Feedback:

Teacher monitoring and feedbackPeer talksSelf feedback – logs, journals,

connections

How do you implement ScSR?How do you implement ScSR?

Reading lesson practice:

Teacher explanation and modeling of 1) an aspect or element of fluent reading 2) how to apply a comprehension strategy

during reading using a teacher selected text.

Why do students need SSR? Why do students need SSR?

Arthur (1995) demonstrated that in kindergarten, elementary, and middle school studies students with voluntary interest in reading have better “work habits, social and emotional development, language structure, and overall school performance but these children also scored significantly higher on standardized reading tests” (p. 3).

Measure SuccessMeasure Success

Total number of pages/books readTrack number of minutesFollow number of books checked out of

media centerSurvey student behaviors

Student SurveyStudent SurveyI am prepared every SSR day for with a book that I enjoy

reading.

Reading during SSR has helped me be a better reader.

I read on my own for enjoyment at home or in other classes

I respond to my reading everyday in my journal.

I feel good about finding and choosing books I will enjoy reading.

I have read____books on my own since the beginning of the year. (average total number per student)

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