1. Choosing a Just Right Book
Because if you don’t read, how will you know what to read?

2. Things to Consider Length Topic/genre Vocabulary
If you can read smoothly
How long it takes to read a page
How much it makes you think
If you like the writing still
If you find the ideas interesting

3. Like Riding a Bike
Not going to do serious mountain biking when you first start
Not going to get anything about only riding downhill
Need to practice to increase stamina, speed, and abilities

4. Too Easy You can skim paragraphs/pages and still understand
You don’t need to think to understand
You know all of the vocabulary
You can read a page quickly
More than 1 page per minute
You can skim paragraphs/pages and still understand
You are already familiar with the content
It seems really easy

5. Too Hard You have to think hard to understand
You don’t know 5+ words on a page
You read very slowly
More than 2 – 3 minutes per page
You have to re-read paragraphs/pages to understand
The ideas confuse you
It feels too hard

6. Just Right The book makes you think a little
You know most of the words on a page
Some might be new, but only 1 – 3 per page
You can read 1 – 2 pages in a minute
You can get through a page without re-reading
You can’t/don’t want to skim paragraphs/pages
The books provides you with some new content/ideas
You feel confident in your pace and understanding