I often remind my students that their library time is some of the greatest freedom they have in school. They don't have to take a test (unless they want to try a Reading Counts test), they don't have to fill out a worksheet, and they don't have to listen to a lecture. They can choose what book they want to read, read that book, and enter characters, places, and situations that far outreach the classroom or the schoolyard. That is freedom.
On Thursday, the fourth graders arrived in the library ready for their freedom. I was proud of their choices to take full advantage of their 40 minutes to read. The silence of eyes moving across the page was only interrupted by pages turning and a few giggles here and there.
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