Spanish Language Arts and Reading.5.5

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The student is expected to self-select text and read independently for a sustained period of time.

Artes del lenguaje y lectura en español.5.5

Se espera que el estudiante autoseleccione el texto y lea independientemente por un periodo de tiempo prolongado.

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. .

Apoye a los estudiantes en el establecimiento de metas personales destinadas a la lectura independiente sostenida. Pídales a los estudiantes que seleccionen un texto y lo lean en silencio durante un tiempo convenido. Cheque si pueden leer en forma independiente en el tiempo asignado. Pídales a los estudiantes que usen un registro, un cronómetro o una gráfica para monitorear el tiempo a lo largo de diversas sesiones de lectura.

Nota:

Establezca puntos de verificación de lectura a lo largo del proceso y cree incentivos para los estudiantes, de tal manera que continúen leyendo. Por ejemplo, cada cinco minutos ponga, a manera de premio, un sello, una calcomanía o una palomita (ü) en los cuadernos de aquellos estudiantes que están concentrados en la lectura.


Further Explanation

Un estudiante lector debe tener las destrezas y estrategias necesarias para abrirse camino ante ideas o palabras difíciles que encuentran en el texto y debe avanzar exitosamente a través del texto en forma independiente por un periodo de tiempo sostenido. Anime a los estudiantes para que incrementen el tiempo que pueden leer en forma independiente.

Grade-appropriate texts are texts the teacher determines the average student can read with little or no instructional support.
Student readers should have the skills and strategies necessary to navigate challenging ideas or vocabulary they encounter in those texts so they are able to progress through the text on their own for a sustained period of time without feeling the need to disengage from the material because they are struggling with too many concepts and require a teacher's assistance.
Reading independently using self-selected texts is an important part of students' reading proficiency. Students need to be familiar with various types of texts and their features to select texts for specific purposes.

Research

1. Donnelly, P. (2019). A new guide for guided reading: More guided, more reading. Practical Literacy, 24(1), 9–11. Retrieved from https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A571514230/PROF?u=tea&sid=PROF&xid=16fddd15

Summary: The focus of this article is guided reading, and it examines the benefits of self-selected reading in the development of reading motivation and comprehension. The authors provide a list for scaffolding complex texts. They also recommend teachers follow up on the reading of complex texts through guided, sustained discussions in order to increase the academic benefit from interpreting and reinterpreting texts. For many students, scaffolding complex texts will accelerate reading skills; self-selected sustained reading will consolidate them.

2. Daniels, E., & Steres, M. (2011). Examining the effects of a school-wide reading culture on the engagement of middle school students. Research in Middle Level Education, 35(2), 1–13. doi: 10.1080/19404476.2011.11462085

Summary:  In this study, reading is perceived as a school-wide priority. Students are allowed to select their own text and to read on their own. The study reveals it is more effective if students have access to literature at home as well.