Students choose a book from home or from the classroom library to read for a set period of time.
Students determine their own goal for pages to be read in a week's time.
After SSR, students give short book talks, and when finished with the book, can opt to write a book review for The Buccaneer Book Review, published every month . This independent reading is for pleasure. While independent reading is so important to reading growth, studies show that many students do not read on their own at all. In fact some students think that reading is something that is done only in school and with their textbooks. This strategy was first described by Ann Brown in 1982.