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This year we are going to be starting a new curriculum called Units of Study across the whole grade level. It has been officially adopted by the district. This curriculum involves daily mini lessons with the students going back and applying those skills into their own independent reading at their appropriate levels.
For my homeroom Reading students(Novel time!): All book talks and written responses for 1st trimester are due approximately the beginning of November. This date will be finalized soon. As I have mentioned before, completing 4 will be a really nice additional "A" averaged into your Reading grade on the report card.
Book Talks/Written Responses
Instead of doing written book reports this year, the students in my reading class will be conducting book talks. These talks will be in front of the class, discussing books that are at the student’s appropriate reading level.
They will be responsible for a number of them per trimester. They will need to make an appointment with me in advance for book talks. I can only do a number of them at a time. I usually will make these appointments on Mondays. These book talks will be conducted during various times during the week. When they conduct a book talk, they must be prepared to discuss the book they have read. They need to be able to discuss the plot, characters, and the setting. Who? What? When? Where? Why?
Book Talk and Written Response Requirements
Trimester #1,#2, and #3:
4 conferences=A
3conferences=B
2 conferences=C
1conferences=D
0conference=F
Some parents and students have been asking for suggestions for books to read independently. Included is a link to the Rebecca Caudill site. On this site are lists of books that kids have chosen as great reads each year. Not adults, but kids. Every year, students at Washington are encouraged to read at least 3 of them to vote on their favorite. I added 2 more sites that had some great titles as well.
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