It's been very exciting lately. At the beginning of the school year, silent reading time in class used to result in groans and shuffling, as students begrudgingly pulled out their books. But now, they are begging me for time to read longer! The time is not very silent, either. Conversations erupt all over the classroom. Several of my students are reading the same book, or at least the same series. There is one group reading the Harry Potter series, and they ar [...]
