Read to Self

One of the things we started this week in kindergarten  was Read to Self and we learned 3 ways to read a book: 
1. Read the pictures.
2. Read the words.
3. Retell the story.

We also learned why we do Read to Self:
1. It helps us to become better readers.
2. It is fun!

So even if your kindergarteners doesn't know any words or some words, they can all read a book.  It is so important to immerse children in literature.  The more they are exposed the better readers they will become.  (Practice, practice, practice) This will also allow time to work with groups and individual students as we become more independent!

We are up to about 4 minutes now, but will continue to build our stamina,  eventually trying to get to 10-15 minutes. 

Here they are in action: