Students in grades 3-5 should spend at least 20 minutes per night reading in an independent book. This is a book in which the student reads fluently and easily. This will allow the child to be able to have "brain power" left over to concentrate on thinking more deeply about their reading. Good readers become even better readers when they read, read, and read! Although they might tell you that they are too "old" to be read to, don't listen to them. Choosing a book to read to your child that they are interested in, yet it is too difficult for them to read, is the perfect way to entice your child to read even more. Your fluent reading is a great model for them and the vocabulary that they are exposed to is invaluable. So pick up a book today, something you will both enjoy, and settle in for some special time with your child. Looking for a recommendation for a good book? Go to the source! Check out the SpaghettiBookClub website with online reviewers from our very own Tashua Elementary School. Check out http://www.spaghettibookclub.org