Reading
Students are learning the routines and expectations of the reading program and began the year by reading books with understanding. They learn how to select “Good Fit” or “Just-Right” books and how to set goals for themselves as readers. They understand that they will need to read a lot of books for increasingly longer periods of time to build stamina as readers. In order to keep track of their reading at home, students are recording the amount of time they read in reading logs. They revisit word-solving strategies and read with fluency by paying attention to phrasing, pace, and intonation. Students are learning how to envision the stories they are reading, how to retell, and later summarize a particular chapter. They are learning the importance of self-monitoring for understanding, and that it is essential to revise their first impressions about a story as they continue to read and gather new information. In this way, they learn how to hold themselves accountable to the text. The goal is that by the end of this unit, students are reading with engagement and interest.
Reading Logs:
A reading calendar will go home the first day of each month and will be due the last day of the month. The students will keep track of the minutes they read each day and turn it in with a parent/guardian signature along with a student signature. We hope that each child will read a minimum of 100 minutes per week or 400 minutes per month. (This is an average of approximately 15 to 20 minutes per day) We understand that they may not read each day but will compensate when they can to make up the minutes. We can’t stress enough the importance of reading outside of school and the impact this has on their growth as a reader. Please help us monitor this by signing their calendar each week and or month.
Some ways to make reading fun:
1. Read aloud a book to a younger brother or sister
2. Have them listen to you read a book
3. Read a book together
4. Read magazines, comic books, newspapers etc
5. Research a topic of interest on the internet
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Reading Logs:
A reading calendar will go home the first day of each month and will be due the last day of the month. The students will keep track of the minutes they read each day and turn it in with a parent/guardian signature along with a student signature. We hope that each child will read a minimum of 100 minutes per week or 400 minutes per month. (This is an average of approximately 15 to 20 minutes per day) We understand that they may not read each day but will compensate when they can to make up the minutes. We can’t stress enough the importance of reading outside of school and the impact this has on their growth as a reader. Please help us monitor this by signing their calendar each week and or month.
Some ways to make reading fun:
1. Read aloud a book to a younger brother or sister
2. Have them listen to you read a book
3. Read a book together
4. Read magazines, comic books, newspapers etc
5. Research a topic of interest on the internet
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