I am happy to see that you listed the Allington/Franzen-McGill article encouraging lots of time for sustained reading where kids apply what they have been taught in books of their own choosing. This reminds me of the book Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcom Gladstone. He looked at success in various fields: pilots, musicians, computer programmers. He came up with the observation that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to get good at anything. This applies to becoming a proficient reader and writer. Thank you for sharing.
I am happy to see that you listed the Allington/Franzen-McGill article encouraging lots of time for sustained reading where kids apply what they have been taught in books of their own choosing. This reminds me of the book Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcom Gladstone. He looked at success in various fields: pilots, musicians, computer programmers. He came up with the observation that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to get good at anything. This applies to becoming a proficient reader and writer. Thank you for sharing.