Monday we launched Book Shopping in our classroom. Student explored books, found ones they were interested in and placed them in their OWN book box to use for independent reading. The students LOVED having choice in their reading material as well as having their own book box to read from.
We are practicing reading books 3 ways: Read the pictures, read the words and retell the story. You can read books these ways at home to help reinforce that readers read books a variety of ways.