Good basketball players practice their jump shots; musicians practice their music; dancers practice their routines; and skateboarders practice boarding.  Good readers practice reading….

• The ability to read well is an essential skill you will use in every aspect of your life, for your entire life.

• Your responsibility as a student is to become a good reader

• NFA’s responsibility as a school is to help you master this skill. 

• The surest road to a richer vocabulary and expanded literacy is wide and sustained reading.

NFA READS! is your opportunity for wide and sustained reading.  It is time to read, time to practice by reading materials that you choose and that you find interesting.  You will become a better reader by practicing.

Take advantage of this time; it is a wise investment in your future!

GROUND RULES

• Bring something every day to read (book, magazine, newspaper)

• No homework

• No sleeping

• No talking

We cannot force you to read, but if you choose not to read, you must sit quietly so that others may take full, uninterrupted, undisturbed advantage of this rich opportunity to practice this central life long skill.  There is no compromise on these ground rules.