Welcome to the

Reading Page

Here is some information about our reading program. Click on each book under Harcourt for spelling and vocabulary lists.

Click for Harcourt Reading or Reading Workshop

Here's what is happening in Mrs. Rockwell's Class!

 

We are working on our current story and making connections as we read the text.

 

 

Bunnicula Flashlight Reading

We read Bunnicula, A Vampire Rabbit Mystery story.  We brought in flashlights and had so much fun in October.

 

 

Harcourt Reading

Theme 1

 

Theme 2

Wild Shots, They're My Life

 

Theme 3

 

Theme 4

The Crowded House

  

Theme 5

 

Theme 6

 

 

 

 

Reading Workshop>    In reading workshop the students are learning specific comprehension strategies to help them gain information from what they are reading. They make connections, ask questions, draw inferences, visualize, determine importance, and synthesize information.

Here are some students marking connections they are finding in their reading. These connections include:

  • Text-to-self- connections that readers make between the text and their past experiences and background knowledge

  • Text-to-text- connections that readers make between the text they are reading and another text

  • Text-to-world- connections that readers make between the text and the bigger issues, events or concerns of the world

            

Asking Questions

 Readers ask questions before, during and after reading.

Thick Questions: These questions are often long and involved. They need further discussion or prompt research. Examples: Why? How come? I wonder?

Thin Questions: These questions can be answered with a number or with yes or no.

 

 

                                  

 

Word Wall>  In addition to our weekly spelling words we have a word wall to practice high frequency, irregularly spelled words. Each month a new group of words are added. We also add words from our science and social studies units.

                                           

 

 

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