Name:

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Sustained Silent Reading Check In & Reflection

In an effort to ensure that you are fully benefiting out of our SSR program please complete the
following questions and answer as honestly as possible.
Brief Review of SSR:
Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) is a period of uninterrupted silent reading. It is based upon a single
simple principle: Reading is a skill. And like all skills, the more you use it, the better you get at it.
Conversely, the less you use it, the more difficult it is. Like swimming, once you learn it, you never
forget it. But in order to get better at either reading or swimming, you must jump into the book or
the water and do it over and over.
Guidelines for Using Sustained Silent Reading Time
1. Students must read for the entire allotted reading period.
2. You cannot do homework or read any material for another course. SSR is not a study hall.
3. You must read a book (no magazines or newspapers where text competes with pictures), preferably
one that tells a story (e.g. novels, histories and biographies rather than books of lists or facts
where readers cant sustain attention, build up speed and fluency, or grow to love good stories.)
4. You must have a book in your possession when SSR times starts; this is the main responsibility
involved in coming prepared to class.
5. You may not talk or disturb the others.
6. You may sit or recline wherever you like as long as feet dont go up on the furniture and rule #5 is
maintained.
7. Please don't ask to leave the room at this time. It disturbs others.

Questions:
Please read each statement and agree or disagree using the following scale:
4
All of the time

3
Most of the time

2
Sometimes

1
Rarely or Never

1. Last semester I came prepared for SSR.

4
3
2
All of the time
Most of the time
Sometimes

1
Rarely or Never

2. During SSR I read books that were very interesting

4
3
2
All of the time
Most of the time
Sometimes

1
Rarely or Never

3. During SSR I pretended to read but really I was busy doing something else.
4
3
2
1

All of the time

Most of the time

Sometimes

Rarely or Never

4. I looked forward to SSR in English class.

4
3
2
All of the time
Most of the time
Sometimes

1
Rarely or Never

5. The people at my table would actually read during SSR.

4
3
2
All of the time
Most of the time
Sometimes

1
Rarely or Never

6. During our visits to the library I made a serious effort to find books that I would
enjoy reading.
4
3
2
1
All of the time
Most of the time
Sometimes
Rarely or Never
Please complete the following statements:
7. I feel that SSR has benefited/not benefited me because______________________
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8. I see/dont see a connection between SSR and improving my reading. I feel this
way
because_______________________________________________________________________________
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9. One thing that I can do to improve SSR for myself is___________________________
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10. One thing that Ms. Cortes can do to improve SSR is____________________________
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11. My honest opinion about SSR is __________________________________________
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