What does reading time really look like in our classroom?

What does reading really look like in our classroom? Well, it is certainly a busy time and what's taking place in the room varies from day to day. Here are some images that capture an hour in our room during  one day of reading!

Ian works on work from spelling while Callan and Julia use the ipads to work on Lexia.

Julian and some other students are reading to themselves (and snacking!).

Here I am working with a reading group. They just read a non-fiction book about sharks and are creating a flip chart with facts about 3 different sharks. (I had some second graders take these pictures :)

And here is a group working on a paper mache project. They just finished reading a book about whales and are creating a 3D whale that will hang in our room with facts dangling from its belly!