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Reading
Reading
This year, all D39 elementary schools will be using the Collaborative Classroom reading program, Being a Reader. This literacy program is designed to help students become thoughtful, confident, and independent readers. Through engaging, high-quality texts, collaborative discussions, and explicit instruction in reading strategies, vocabulary, and comprehension, students develop the skills needed to understand, analyze, and respond to a variety of texts. Students also learn to share their thinking, listen to different perspectives, and develop a deeper appreciation for reading.
Unit 1: The Classroom Community
Unit 2: Strategy Development and Generating Independent Thinking
Unit 3: Fiction
Unit 4: Narrative Nonfiction
Unit 5: Expository Nonfiction
Unit 6: Persuasive Nonfiction
Unit 7: Drama
Independent Daily Reading
Independent Daily Reading
Each day, students participate in Individualized Daily Reading (IDR), a dedicated time to grow as independent, engaged readers. During IDR, students build reading stamina, develop independence, and explore a wide variety of genres and topics based on their interests. Students self-select books and other texts that they find interesting and can read independently with confidence and understanding. As the year progresses, students may also participate in small-group comprehension or student-led book discussions during IDR time, or work on reading projects and goals from individual conferences.
Reading Rally
Reading Rally
Reading Rally is a district-wide program that encourages 4th graders to read from a list of 20 books selected by the District 39 Library Information Specialists. The books are chosen for their high quality, age appropriateness, variety of genres, and diverse reading levels. Students are encouraged to read a minimum of 10 books from the Reading Rally list over the year, but they may set higher goals for themselves.
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