Sustained+Silent+Reading

Sustained Silent Reading offers children an opportunity to continue to interact with text in an authentic and meaningful way. Children are provided with ample time to read material that is at a level commensurate with their independent reading level. For some early readers, this may mean continuing to develop their concept of print awareness skills. For other children, Sustained Silent Reading, or SSR, is an opportunity to work independently on improving their reading skills through repeated practice. Reading and rereading favored stories is encouraged, and helping the children strengthen their strategies for figuring out an unknown word, or stopping to make a connection or asking themselves, "What did I just read about?" is part of the purpose of SSR.