I would like all my readers to do a better job choosing their own reading material. Some of them are but too many are still reluctant readers. We are going to try something new with my most reluctant ones: after they finish reading a book in group, they will reread it on their own and then illustrate 3 three parts of the book and add text to their illustrations. These readers love to draw. I'm hoping the opportunity to draw about their reading will encourage them to read more and to choose more appropriate books for their independent reading.
Another thing we have done this week and will continue doing is using the series of books, You Read to Me, I'll Read to you. Besides the fairy tales, there are poems about reading. The kids love getting a chance to perform this short readers' theater for the class. It is helping with comprehension and fluency.