Last week, each student had a look at various book choices in class, and wrote down three options of books they wanted to read. Today they found out which book they will be reading over the next 4 weeks.
In addition to reading, each student will also have a “job” that will rotate each week:
- Discussion Director: write down 4 open-ended questions about that week’s reading to discuss with your group
- Passage Finder: Write down 2 interesting/funny/important passages that you’d like to share with your group
- Word Wizard: Write down 6 new vocabulary words, their definition, part of speech, and use in a sentence.
All this information is explained in more detail in the package the students received today. They have decided how much needs to be read each week, and they have decided which job they will be responsible for each week. It is important that each student stay on top of their reading and job, as the rest of their group is relying on them! We will be meeting with our groups EVERY MONDAY. So by next week, students will need to have finished their first week of reading and complete their job for the week so they are ready for their group discussion Monday afternoon.
We are in the process of locating audiobooks for all the novels, to help make the reading easier. However, in the meantime, here are some links to YouTube. Although they are not the best, they are better than nothing 🙂
Bridge to Terabithia
Rules
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (starts about 1 minute in)
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
I Am David
Please let me know if you have any questions!
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