Ravenous Readers

Students will be devouring their novels, completing their genre study products, reading for their research writing, and sharing in literature circles in this final nine weeks grading period. We will continue to focus on reading strategies during our reading rotations. As we read together, we will do several comparison passages that link a piece of fiction with a related nonfiction text.

Help your child make good choices in books using the I-PICK strategy. You can see the acronym with its meaning in an attachment below. Remember that the 100 minutes of independent reading is our goal each week!

Need more helpful tips for raising a Ravenous Reader? Please visit the Scholastic website designed for parents!

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Comprehension Skill: Use supporting details to identify the main idea of a reading passage

http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/mainidea/

Comprehension Skill: Sequencing main events in a reading passage

Play a Sequencing Game using the transitional word clues.

Comprehension Skill: Drawing inferences based on character traits

View this Flash Show then take the quiz to practice using character traits!

Comprehension Skill: Context Clues

View this video to rap the steps to using context clues!

Comprehension Skill: Summary

Here is an overview for summarizing a passage.

Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect

Identifying the cause and effect of text is vital for reading comprehension.

Comprehension Skill: Main Idea with Supporting Details

Read the passage then build your burger by selecting the main idea of the passage.