Authentic Reading is reading a variety of text for real purposes. Authentic reading is most like that which occurs in everyday life.

Authentic Reading includes:

• reading that is meaningful, relevant, and useful to the reader
• supporting readers with a print-rich environment
• providing choice within a variety of forms and genres
• having the opportunity to interact with others in response to the text
• focusing on communicating ideas or shared understandings
• providing authentic meaning-making experiences: for pleasure, to be informed, or to perform a task.

Authentic Writing is writing for real purposes and real audiences. Authentic writing is writing that is most like that which occurs in everyday life.

Authentic Writing includes

• writing that is meaningful, relevant and useful to the writer
• supporting writers with a print-rich environment
• providing choice within a variety of forms and genres
• understanding that the writing process is recursive
• having the opportunity to interact with others in response to text