SSR - "Students are Supposed to Read"???

   Gallagher promotes Sustained Silent Reading among his students, as well as he should. It is imperative that students read silently and aloud. In fact, one of the GPS's is to read aloud at least 98% of the time during a lesson. However, as Gallagher suggests students should read silently half the time for enjoyment to gain reading flow and the other part of reading is to be just beyond their reach for the building of vocabulary, knowledge and academic purposes. Again, Gallagher involves techniques that will engage the secondary student as he helps students identify texts that may be beyond their scope in order to make connections in their everyday lives. We must do this in order to make our students want to read and more importantly, desire to read.