Reading

=**Reading** =



**The 5 Finger Method for Selecting a Book **       
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">      <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Hold up your fist. Read a page of your book and raise a finger for each word that you do not know.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">1 finger: vacation book...this book may be too easy for you!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">2 fingers: make an L for learning...this would be a "just right" choice.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">3 fingers: make a W for warning...this book would be good to read with a parent.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">5 fingers: stop! This book will be to difficult to read independently.

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Newbery Medal Award Winners]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Young Reader's Choice Awards]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|Reading Olympics List 2008-2009]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Reading Comprehension Strategy Codes **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">V - Visualization P - Prediction ? - Thin Question (answered using only the text) ?? - Thick Question (answered using the text and background knowledge) C - Clarify S - Summarize I - Inference ! - Reaction to Text T-S - Text-to-Self Connection T-T - Text-to-Text Connection T-W - Text-to-World Connection WE - Writer's Ear L - New Learning (non-fiction) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">* - Background Knowledge (non-fiction)<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Reading Homework FAQ: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Why does my child need to read for 20 minutes each night?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Reading regularly promotes reading comprehension and increased vocabulary recognition. It also helps to develop a lifelong love of reading.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">My child did not complete the required reading this week. Should I sign his/her reading log? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> My child completed his/her reading log. Why didn't he/she receive credit?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">No! Signing the log when your child did not actually do the homework sends the message that it is not important to read each night.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">A parent signature is required on the reading log for full credit.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">My child forgot to bring his/her reading folder home. What should we do?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">It is perfectly acceptable to write the date, title of the book, pages read, and duration on a piece of paper. Your child can staple this into his/her log at school.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">My child tells me that he/she needs to be using strategies while reading? What does this mean? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> What does SQUIRT stand for? > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> What is the 25 Book Challenge?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">An important part of our reading program is the application of the reading strategies learned in class in students' independent reading books. In 4th grade, we require the students to use at least 2 strategies per chapter, whether the chapter is read in school or at home. Check the daily homework page to determine which 2 strategies your child should be using. Unless otherwise noted, your child can use any two of the strategies that have already been learned. Your child should make note of his/her strategy use either on a post-it or in his/her independent reading journal (second section of the spiral notebook.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Sustained
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Uninterrupted
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Independent
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">The 25 Book Challenge is 4th grade's way of satisfying the 25 book standard set forth by the PA Department of Education. For each book read, your child will complete a SQUIRT report (title, author, date finished, number of pages, characters, setting, problem, main events, solution, recommendation) and a reading response (prompts vary.) 100 pages is equivalent to 1 book, so if your child reads a book that is 312 pages, it will count as 3 books for the 25 book challenge. Books read as a class and during read aloud also count towards the 25 books.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**Grade 4 Reading Curriculum** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> §<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> Apply an integrated strategy for word identification. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> §<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> Continue to expand reading vocabulary and develop reading fluency. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> §<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> Read text using self-monitoring comprehension strategies. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> §<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> Continue to make a variety of meaningful connections to text. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> §<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> Cite evidence from the text to support assertions. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> §<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> Analyze texts and respond with higher levels of thinking about a story and extend understanding. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> §<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> Read and understand essential content of information texts. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> §<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> Read independently for enjoyment.