Reading Note

Dear Parents and Students,

I am writing to inform you of a change that will take place this week. Since we no longer do the Accelerated Reader program, we must substitute another activity in its place to hold students accountable for reading. Judging by how often students are asking to visit the media center, I am worried that we are NOT getting any reading practice. We tried the Reading Choice Boards but those proved to be a bit much.

As of this week, all students reading on level J (18) or higher must read a chapter book. Students will only go to the library once per week. The book must be completed by Friday. Students will also complete a story map (pictured below). The story map provides practice on our current reading and writing standards. Please note: The assignment should be completed using complete sentences with correct punctuation and spelling. It will be due on Friday, October 17.


Students who are reading below level J will do the Reading Choice Board. These students should choose 3 of the boxes to complete. The boxes do not have to be in a row, any three will work. Please write in complete sentences with correct punctuation and spelling. This assignment will also be due on Friday, October 17, 2014.

Story Map for Chapter Book Readers

Reading Choice Board for Other Readers

Reader's Workshop

This week, our reading focus is main idea and supporting details. We made this artifact to help us remember the important things about finding the main idea of a text or passage. Tomorrow, we will add this artifact to our STAR binders. 

The green box is very helpful for testing practice. I tried to include the various ways test questions are worded so that students will know it (the test) is asking for the main idea.