Discovery Reading Resources
We will be reading a variety of non-fiction resources over the term.
Reading Activities will include:
Range of Reading Books for use during our Reading Rotation
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Space Webquest
Newspaper Articles
1) Choose one of the below Newspaper articles’ that interests you.
2) Read the article.
3) Complete a written report of the article. The report must have 2 paragraphs. One paragraph will be a summary of the article, and the other paragraph will be your reaction to the article. See the explanation of each paragraph below.
4) Be sure to use complete sentences, and check for spelling and grammar. Include the title of the article.
SUMMARY PARAGRAPH
Without copying from the article briefly describe what the article is about. You should use your own words.
REACTION PARAGRAPH
This paragraph should tell us what you thought about the article. You may want to answer some of these questions in your reaction:
- Why did you choose this article?
- How did this article affect you?
- What would you do if you were in this situation?
- How would you have handled it?
- Why did I like or dislike the article?
- Who could benefit from reading this article?
- Do you think this article is an important topic for kids your age? Why or why not?
- What connections can you make - text to self, text to text, text to world?
Survey of Saturn
Try and work out which are true and which are false on the below cards. Use the following websites for further information if you are uncertain:
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS9D9CzwPQU
Vocabulary work
Read the article, click on any highlighted words to check their meaning. Once you have read or listened to the article complete the 'Wonder words' match up and the 'Test your knowledge', both are on the right hand side of the page of the article.
