Intentional Independent Reading provides regular opportunities for students to apply strategies that the teacher has taught during previous instruction.

Intentional Independent Reading includes:

• teaching students to choose appropriate texts based on student interest, level, and purpose
• monitoring student's ability to demonstrate understanding of texts
• providing feedback based on observation.

Intentional Independent Writing is providing regular opportunities for students to apply strategies that the teacher has taught during previous instruction.

Intentional Independent Writing includes:

• teaching students to choose topics appropriately related to current instructional focus
• monitoring students ability to demonstrate application of strategies previously taught
• using other texts as models (e.g., professionally authored, teacher created or student created text)
• providing feedback based on observation