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For several months, I worked with a group of seventh grade English language learners. During the first week with these students, I discovered that they had never read a book or used a reader’s notebook. Instead, these students read short texts on the front and back of 6 × 8 cards and completed a fill-in-the-blank or multiple-choice worksheet relating to the selection. They never reread parts of the short text if they were unsure of how to answer a question. Their progress, understandably, was limited because they weren’t reading enough. Based on their experiences, they described reading as boring and pointless.

The first time I introduced rereading using a think-aloud to spotlight my confusion of a section of a The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial (by Susan E. Goodman, illustrated by E. B. Lewis), a student blurted out, “Just skip it.” Lots of nods from others let me know that rereading was not a strategy they used, nor did they understand its benefits. I continued and then pointed out how I could better understand the passage after rereading. While thinking aloud with different read-alouds, students practiced with me when we worked together on a common text. Each day, we’d read a common text and reread a confusing part or reread a few sentences to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word or re-enjoy a funny or moving part. I also explained, many times, that the good readers in their classes valued and used rereading.

Proficient and advanced readers continually use rereading to savor favorite parts of texts, to clarify meaning, and improve recall and comprehension. The guided practice lessons in this book invite students to choral or independently whisper read selections or read silently along with you as well as reread pieces to develop fluency and deepen their comprehension of vocabulary and information. When developing readers continually practice reading and rereading, they begin to read with the fluency and expression, which signal understanding and depth of comprehension.