Reading Update 1-5

Happy new year!!

To start our year off right, I had the kids clean out their take home folders and reading binders.  Hopefully that started us off on the right track.  :)

This week in reading, we are focusing on point of view.  We have discussed first and third person and how different characters points of view affect how stories are told.  Today, students chose different people in a photograph of a snowstorm and had to tell their sides of the story.  They were entertaining!


We are also working on comparing and contrasting these viewpoints.  Next week, there are some important things happening.  Next week is also the last week of the 2nd quarter.  We are almost halfway done with fifth grade!

On Tuesday, January 13-Reading Counts Goals need to be completed.  Students will be graded on the percentage of their goal that they reach.  For example, if their goal is 100 and they read 80 points, they earn a grade of 8/10.  Any amount over their goal earns them a 10/10 in the gradebook.

Tuesday, Jan. 13 and Wednesday, Jan. 14 we will be having a reading summative that covers the following skills:

*point of view
*summarizing
*comprehension
*setting
*theme
*vocabulary

We are doing the reading summative over two days because there will also be a writing response for the students to complete--(a literature analysis comparing and contrasting two characters)

Reminders:
*Reading logs due each Monday with a signature.  The next one is due January 12!