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R5 in Your Classroom: A Guide to Differentiating Independent Reading and Developing Avid Readers

"R5 embraces the social aspect that students seek; it begs for the choices that help students become engaged readers. My students and I would have benefited from Kelley and Clausen-Grace's experience, research, and creativity. I believe you and your students will, as well"

Janet Allen, from the Forward.

Want a class excited about reading? Think you have some fake readers lurking in your classroom? Want some tried and true suggestions for making independent reading too valuable to eliminate from your day? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then this resource will support you all along the way. Visit International Reading Association's Marketplace to peruse R5 in Your Classroom: A Guide to Differentiating Independent Reading and Developing Avid Readers.

Chapter 3 Launching R5 is available in pdf at here.

Read, Relax, and Enjoy!!!!

Articles Published on the R5

  • Clausen-Grace, N. & Kelley, M. (2007). You can't hide in R5: Restructuring independent reading to be more strategic and engaging. Voices From the Middle, 14(3), 38-49.
  • Kelley, M.J. & Clausen-Grace, N. (2006). R5: The sustained silent reading makeover that transformed readers. The Reading Teacher, 60, 148-156.
  • Kelley, M.J. & Clausen-Grace, N. (2008). To read or not to read: Connecting direct independent reading to direct instruction. The Florida Reading Quarterly, 44(4), 6-11.

At-Home Reading: R4: Read, Relax, Reflect, and Respond

A few facts:

  • 49% of a student's day (average year–round) is spent at home or outside of school engaged in other activities, 37% sleeping, and just 14% at school (Perkins & Kazanjy, 1996).
  • 40% of kids ages 5–8 read for fun every day.
  • Only 20% of kids ages 9–11 read for fun every day.
  • Many parents do not consider themselves readers.

At-Home Reading Matters!

Listen to the International Association's podcast featuring our approach to at-home reading at here.