SSR

International School Library Month

Happy International School Library Month!
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Why SSR? (Reason #7 of 3,487,659) Reading for fun increases your vocabulary. In fact, studies show that reading for fun (recreational reading or “free voluntary reading”) is much more effective in building vocabulary than common strategies such as studying vocabulary lists.

Of course, even better: (Reason #1) Reading for fun is fun.

What should you read in SSR?

What should you read in SSR? Whatever you want.

SSR is meant to give you time for RECREATIONAL reading. This means you can choose what you want to read. You can have your own purpose for reading, whether it is to entertained, to be informed, or some combination.

You don’t need to pass a test. You don’t need to write a book report. You don’t need to complete a project– you don’t even need to complete the book if you find that it is not meeting your needs.

Read for fun. Read to escape. Read to learn something you are interested in. Read to connect with different people, different places and different times. Read for your own reasons.

18 Minutes of Pure Pleasure

SSR goes everyday before 2nd period, from 9:25 to 9:43. Be sure to have a good book or other reading material. SSR is the best time of the school day!

Don’t waste SSR with textbooks or planners. Take some time to pick out something that you will enjoy. SSR is your chance to read something that you want to read. You don’t need to read it for a test, or a book report, or for any reason other than for the sake of reading. It might be pure escape, it might be informative, it might be a combination of entertainment and education. It is up to you.

Please remember that in the school library during SSR, we are reading too! So we would love to help you find an SSR book at any other time of the day, but not for those 18 minutes!

Sustained Silent Reading is on! Take advantage by making sure that you have a good book in your hands. Come down to the Panther Den as we would love to help make that happen!