Students need to make choices in reading that reflect their interests because interest drives engagement. Teachers should encourage wide reading in all genres as well as students who pursue an author or genre study. Allow students to reread favorite books and to abandon a book that no longer interests them (Kittle 2016).
Because of this philosophy--that totally makes sense--those of us who host 10 minutes of reading a day allow students to select books that they WANT to read, and we let them abandon a book if they just aren't feeling it.
Here are my students enjoying a book talk from our librarian Janet Anderson (@kelmegter)--and checking out books that titillated their interests!
