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DIRT: Daily Independent Reading Time 20 minutes daily at the beginning of LAL (read the document below for details). Set challenging yet realistic reading goals as you build the habit of reading!
Students are learning to recognize and use Notice and Note reading strategies to help them become better readers and writers. See the short videos below:
Contrast and Contradiction - CC - Why is the character doing/saying this?
Aha Moment - Aha - How might this change things going forward for a character or for the plot?
Again and Again - AA - Why does this keep showing up again and again?
Memory Moment - MM -
Tough Question - TQ -
Words of the Wiser - WW -
Book Talks - live or recorded:
Book Talks - live or recorded:
"There is nothing like a good book!" However, kids need to explore new genres in order to broaden and deepen their reading tastes.
Book talks help you figure out precisely the qualities of book that make them good, and they expose your thinking to other students. Your requirement is to complete ONE book talk each marking period. This can be turned in whenever you want during each marking period.
However, you are challenged, this year, to complete ONE book talk each trimester.
Thank you to Joy Kirr for sharing your resources with fellow educators! See her students' book talks HERE for some examples.
Check out these links for your NEXT book!
YourNextRead.com - Put in the last good book you read.
WhatShouldIReadNext.com - Put in the last good book you read.
Lexile Find a Book - Use your Achieve Lexile to find a "just right" book!
Reading Emergencies - Book reviews by middle school students.
Literary Elements:
https://quizlet.com/5451212/literary-terms-flash-cards/
Literary Elements and Terms:
Similes
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