Reading
Students should always have a book with them to read if they are finished their work or during Silent Quiet Uninterrupted Reading Time (SQUIRT). Students can get books from the school library, from the classroom library, or from home. While reading, it is important that students make sure they are thinking about what is happening by answering the questions on their purple Readers' Response Bookmark. These questions are listed below:
I encourage students to continue to read at home as well as at school. In their Reading duotangs in the Reading baskets in the classroom, students can keep track of how much they read and what type of material they read in their Reading Logs. Here is a sample Reading Log:
Reading Log
Select a book to read.
Enter the title and author on your reading list. When you have completed it, write the genre
and date. If you have abandoned it,
write an (A) and the date you abandoned it in the date column. Note whether the book was easy (E), just
right (JR), or challenging (C) to you.
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Title
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Author
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Genre Code
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Date Completed
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E, JR, C
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I believe that it is important for students to select material based on their interests. I think it is valuable to enjoy a wide variety of reading material, such as novels, recipe books, websites, newspapers, and magazines. Students can record the following genres in their Reading Logs:
Genre Overview
Fiction
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Code
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Genre
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Definition
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F
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Fantasy
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A story including
elements which are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers. Make-believe
is what this genre is all about.
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RF
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Realistic Fiction
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A story using
made-up characters that could happen in real life.
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M
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Mystery
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A suspenseful story
about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the book.
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TL
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Traditional Literature
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Stories that are
passed down from one group to
another in history. This includes legends, fables, folktales, myths, fairy
tales, and tall tales from
different cultures.
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HF
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Historical Fiction
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A fictional story
that takes place in one particular time period from the past. Often the setting is real, but the
characters are made up from the author’s imagination.
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SF
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Science Fiction
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A type of fantasy
that uses technology (robots, time machines, etc.)
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Nonfiction
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Code
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Genre
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Definition
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I
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Informational
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Text that provides
facts about a variety of topics (sports, animals, geography, science, history,
career, travel, weather, space, etc.)
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B
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Biography
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The story of a real
person’s life written by another person.
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AB
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Autobiography
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The story of a real
person’s life written by that person.
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Other Genre
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Code
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Genre
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Definition
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P
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Poetry
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Poetry is a verse
written to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader. It often uses rhythm and rhyme to convey
its meaning.
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