Hola, Language Acquisition Facilitators!!!
In this video, I share my Free Choice Voluntary Reading (FVR/SSR) organization, funding, procedures, book selections, and more. Please see the lists below for some useful FVR-related links!
NEW: Book Review Template
Lists of Readers by Level to Organize Your Library
- The Comprehensible Input Novels Wiki by all of us!
- Readers in 9 Languages by Martina Bex
- Independant Novels in 8 Languages by Pamela Vasquez
- Spanish Free Reading Novels by Señora Chase
- List of Leveled Readers by Bryce Hedstrom
Where to Purchase CI & TPRS Readers
- Command Performance
- Wayside
- Fluency Matters
- Señor Wooly
- Amazon Spanish Readers
- Spanish Cuentos
- Tiday Ink
- CI Reading
- Mira Canion
- JMR Press
- Mundo en Tus Manos
- Squid For Brains
- Ignite Chinese
- Mary Glasgow
- Voces Library – Readers
Where to Download Free Readings
- Great Story Reading Project in many languages #StoriesFirst
- Noticias by Maris Hawkins
- Revista Literal by Estudiantes de Español
- Non-Fiction Library by Profe Elliott
- Tracy Blog by Viviana Tracy
- At TeachersPayTeachers type “Spanish/German/Mandarin Reading“. Then, click ‘FREE’ on the left. Example A, Example B, Example C
Read More About the Benefits of Reading
- 81 Generalizations about Free Voluntary Reading by Stephen Krashen – Click
- Adding Ten Minutes of Reading time Dramatically Dhanges Levels of Print Exposure by M. J. Adams – Click
- Classrooms that Work: They Can All Read and Write by Patricia M. Cunningham & Richard L. Allington – Click
- Creating Lifelong Readers Through Independent Reading by by Barbara Moss and Terrell A. Young – Click
- Do Students Read During SSR? By Debra von Sprecken & Stephen Krashen – Click
- Free Voluntary Reading by Stephen Krashen – Click
- Free Voluntary Reading: New Research, Applications, and Controversies by Stephen Krashen – Click
- I’ve Got Research. Yes, I Do. I’ve Got Research. How About You? by Donalyn Miller – Click
- Reading in a Second Language by Diane Neubauer – Click
- Short- and Long-Term Effects of a Novel on Connectivity in the Brain by Gregory S. Berns, Kristina Blaine, Michael J. Prietula, and Brandon E. Pye – Click
- The 6 Elements of Effective Reading Instruction by Richard L. Allington and Rachael E. Gabriel – Click
- The SSR Handbook: How to Organize and Manage a Sustained Silent Reading Program by Janice L. Pilgreen – Click
Good luck with your Free Voluntary Reading, and don’t forget to add many many many comprehension-based readers to your libraries!
Happy reading!
Sarah 🙂
Hi, Sarah –
I love your videos and while at home during Covid-19, I have been overhauling and better organizing my FVR library (new bind, sticker system, more books, etc.). I am wondering what books you have in your level 1 pink bin and also if you keep a master list of books and bin numbers that you would be willing to share? Thank you for your awesome videos and for inspiring me.
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