Tuesday

Nonfiction readers understand key details and put them together to understand what the section is mostly about. Readers can stop and think:

• Who/What is this mostly about?
• When/Where is it taking place?
• Why is this happening or why is it important? How does this work?

Readers should be independently reading a nonfiction text for at least 20 minutes following the daily focus being explored.

• Nonfiction Book
• Post-It's / Reading Notebook

Reading to Grow Ideas and Knowledge

We kindly encourage our young readers to keep their reading life in fiction texts lively, by spending additional time with fiction texts that are just right for them. Students should spend at least 20 minutes reading their fiction books.

Today's Focus: Retell

As readers, one habit we have is retelling at the end of a chapter or when we're done reading. When retelling, we want to make sure we talk about the big important events. We think about what the characters want, the problem, and what the characters are doing in order to solve the problem. Today when you're done reading, retell out loud, then jot the important events down on a timeline or in bullet form.