I must confess that the bulk of my reading last week was procedural and work-related--instructions for filling out financial and insurance paperwork, emails, and book-related blog posts while I was on the hunt for just-right books for teacher requests. I did pick up an abandoned book or two and tried to dive back in, but I had a hard time getting "lost" in the stories.
Why am I writing about this instead of another wonderful book? Two reasons:
1) We get into reading slumps, and that's okay.
2) We need to remember just how much "environmental" reading we--and our students--do on a daily and weekly basis. Celebrate that reading, too!
I will try those abandoned books again at bedtime; if my concentration wanders, I have a backup book of shorter stories to read. (Remember, one of the signs of a good reader is always having a "to-read" pile at hand!)
It's Monday, and I struggled to read a chapter book last week. What do you do to get through reading slumps?
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