Reading

This year, our goal is RESPONDING TO LITERATURE WITH PROFICIENCY!

 Sample: From Donavan's Word Jar "Does Donavan show strength or weakness when the neighbors take his words?" See the sample answers below: Check our these great posters to help understand the Question~Answer Relationship Information and Articles on Creating Constructed Responses

Log into RAZ KIDS to access great books at your reading level. Each time you visit and complete tasks, you'll build your ROCKET to BLAST OFF INTO READING! Review this recent Scholastic webinar about reading comprehension. Click on the word "webinar" to hear, or click on VIEW to log in to the webinar.

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Check out some of these video to help you increase reading comprehension. Please use this rubric to help support responses to literature.

Ask us about the story we are reading in our groups. This week, we're focusing in on asking FAT QUESTIONS. This will help us with our goal or Responding to Literature. Please see the "Reading" page for more information.

Use these questions as part of your reading routine:

Check out our animation created by Brandon, Lala, Trista, Vanessa, and Victoria: media type="file" key="Saguaro Cactus.mov" width="300" height="300"

Visit an online reading game site: media type="custom" key="24299220" align="center"
 *  Readquarium: [|__http://gamequarium.com/readquarium/__] **
 *  Learning Today: [|__http://www.learningtoday.com/corporate/reading-games.asp__] **
 *  PBS Kids: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://pbskids.org/games/reading.html__] **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Funbrain: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html__] **