Giving Students Choices in Reading

With the mandated stresses of FCAT and Common Core Standards, when is there time to provide choices in reading to our students?

Actually, the choices are out there!  As educators, it is how we differentiate to provide choices in our day to day teaching. 

Here is a list of ways to provide choices to your students in reading
 - DEAR (Provide weekly choices in what students read for enjoyment)
 - Reading Centers (Allow students to choose from a list of journal writing prompts  
    that interests them to write about)
- Students can have choices in their weekly spelling homework such as writing spelling words in sentences, in a story, ladders, ABC order, reverse ABC order, typing them on the computer, or in fancy letters.