Reading Update 3/17

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

The kids are busy reading chapter books in class.  Some like them so much they are bringing them home!  It has been neat to see them loving time to read their books and being so excited about them!

Ask your child what book he/she is reading.  Some are on their first book, others their second, and a few the third one!  They should be finished with at least the first one they started by next Monday.  I remind them of this daily.

Reading Counts Goals are due by March 25 (next Wednesday).  Most kids are well on their way or even above where they need to be!  Ask your child to login so you can see their progress.  A report will be sent home in the report card.

Reading Logs are still on Google Classroom.  Everyone seems to be enjoying this change.  I did change them slightly for this week.  Instead of four short entries, this week they are writing two longer entries.  Last week and at the end of this week, students wrote journal entries about the books they are reading.  That is what they are doing on the reading logs.  Here is a sample journal starter:

The character I like the most is...

These reading log entries should have topic sentences, evidence from the book, and a closing sentence.

*Reading Summative is next Monday, March 23.  Students will have to read one informational piece of text and fictional piece and answer questions.  There is also a short writing piece for each piece of text.

Key ideas covered:  quoting from the text, theme, compare/contrast, text structure, point of view, vocabulary word and context clues,  main idea and details, how an author uses reasons and evidence