Revisiting Silent Reading

New Directions for Teachers and Researchers

Elfrieda H. Hiebert and D. Ray Reutzel, editors

Literacy leaders come together in this important and timely volume—destined to become a vital part of every school’s PD library—to give expert advice about silent reading instruction and how to make it work in your classroom.

In these pages, you get

• A review of past and current perspectives on silent reading, giving you a solid foundation for instructional decisions
• Ideas you can use to increase students’ reading fluency, achievement, and motivation
• Inspiration for addressing the wide-ranging needs of students, including English learners and struggling readers
• Suggestions for new contexts in which silent reading can take place
• PD questions to extend your thinking, learning, and teaching

Isn’t it time to return silent reading to your classroom?

© 2010 | 336 pp.
ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-833-8