Spiller Gregory's November Blog Post - Miller, Section 1; Not This: Is There Enough Time?  And Is Time Enough to Support Independent Reading?

       Do we ever have enough time in education?  I don't think that there is a teacher anywhere who would answer that question in the positive!!  After reading this section in Miller's book, it really became evident that we in education have to make the time to allow children to read independently for extended lengths of time.  W can find the minutes that will add up to hours monthly by cutting out things that really don't benefit the student in the long run.  Daily announcements, birthdays, club announcements are all things that can possibly be handled in another manner that will not take away so much classroom time.
I agree with Miller that a short focus lesson and conferencing are integral parts of independent reading, and I hope to really improve this factor in my own reading instruction.