The Importance Of SSR Should Be In Schools

SSR should be in schools because it has positive effects on students learning abilities. Although, many schools believe there is not enough time for silent reading. “There just are not enough minutes in the day to achieve the results desired by proponents of SSR.” (Pennington). However, here at Powell Middle School we fitted 2o minutes of reading, before 6th hour, by taking a few minutes away from every class so each teacher has the same amount of time to teach their classes. “When children are engrossed in silent reading, they observe a variety of writing styles and sentence structures that influence their own writing styles.”(LoBello) That statement proves students’ writing skills improve by reading books. SSR should be in schools because