Did you know that the original acronym for SSR (sustained silent reading) was USSR? (uninterrupted sustained silent reading). It was abandoned for obvious political reasons in the '60s. Robert A. McCracken Journal of Reading Vol. 14, No. 8 (May, 1971), pp. 521-524, 582-583 *http://tinyurl.com/ptcxgmw * * * Now you can get back to whatever you were doing. Have a great weekend. Laura PS If anyone has some sort of a year plan for implementing SSR in 7th, 8th and 9th grades I'd be happy if you could share it with me. ************************************** ** Join ETNI on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/31737970668/ ** ETNI Blog and Poll http://ask-etni.blogspot.co.il/ ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** post to ETNI List - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx ***************************************