Book Bingo
This is an ongoing assignment and expectation where students pick their path and complete a minimum of 5 self-selected books. Please visit my "downloads" page to view a Book Bingo sheet and read more details.
Reader Response Journals and Vocabulary Bookmarks
In order to foster and assess students' higher level critical thinking skills with self-selected independent reading material, I will require my students to "log" their thinking in their red reading spirals. Every 3 weeks, students will turn in 3 Reader Response Journals for a grade (breaks down to 1 per week). This is the bulk of their reading homework and will be ongoing all year. Additionally, to build vocabulary at each student's indpendent level, students will use a provided vocabulary bookmark to jot down new words in their chosen books then write the sentences that used the noted words and official dictionary definitions in the back 1/3 of their red reading spirals. The vocabulary work is due every 3 weeks along with the response journals.
Reading Logs
In keeping with district reading goals, I will expect students to read a total of a 140 minutes per week. In an effort to go green, I will not issue traditional reading logs for students to complete and parents to sign off on weekly. However, I will check student planners every Monday for a minute total and parent signature verifying students read for the documented amount of time.
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