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15 minutes · Justify an opinion about a classroom routine.

Recommend silent reading or partner reading for one weekly block.

Silent week 112Partner week 216Silent week 314Partner week 415
Minutes students stayed with a book. Average minutes with eyes on a book. Not a score of who is a better reader.

I recommend keeping one partner-reading block. In the partner weeks, students stayed with books a little longer. Silent reading still matters, but the chart does not show that it was longer.

The speaker uses the chart without claiming it proves everything.