Reading Stamina Goal

This week we reached (and actually surpassed) an important goal! Students have been practicing sustained independent and partner reading since the beginning of the year. The time that a child spends reading has a huge impact on their reading progress, so building stamina is an important part of first grade. We started the year at 5 minutes with a goal of 20 minutes. As of this week we have built our reading stamina all the way up to 22 minutes. Congratulate your first grader on their accomplishment! When I told them that my third graders usually read for 30 minutes last year they decided that their new goal should be 32 minutes by the end of this year. :)