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An SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) is also known as your chapter book. Every student must have a book they reading. This book will be fiction, in your reading zone, and NOT a book you have read before. As we learn reading strategies and more about learning to read, you will apply those new skills to your independent reading book/SSR.
Reading Goals- We use amount of pages read per 9 weeks to determine a page goal/reading goal. Studies show that if a student is reading on their level, then they should be able to read "about" 1 page per minute. If students read 20 minutes a day for 4 days a week that = "about" 80 pages per week. In 7-9 weeks, the student should then be able to read more than 500 pages. We begin our goals with 400 or more pages per 9 weeks and add more as the year progresses.
Dessert Books- These are books that are read for fun and leisure. For example: graphic novels (unless assigned), Diary of a Wimpy Kid, books you already read, books lower than your reading level....
Reading Logs
Reading Logs
Your child is expected to read CONSISTENTLY and will be graded in doing so. We teach reading strategies in class and EXPECT them to be practiced with their independent books. No, there is not a reading log; however, I am always looking to see that progress is being made. So throughout their reading, I will check and grade that they are applying learned strategies.
Parents are not required to initial a reading log nightly; I will monitor reading within the classroom. I will do this using a STATUS of the CLASS sheet where I ask the students about their books once a week. At first, the dates will be announced and later unannounced. In addition, I will conduct one-on-one reading conferences asking your child about what they are reading. This process WILL BE GRADED, and the grade will be reflected at the end of the nine weeks on their report card. Parents, you are encouraged to monitor your child at home. They should be reading consistently, but ultimately I am watching them from school.
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