Reading+Q3

BEST PRACTICES

Third Quarter Objectives
1.05 Choose your own text and read independently every day for at least 20 minutes.
 * Reading Habits**

1.02 Quickly and correctly read most high frequency words (at least 175) when reading texts.
 * Vocabulary and Word Work**

Figure out multi-syllable words by using what you know about. . . 1.01 f silent consonants (i.e., **kn**owing, rou**gh**ly) 1.01g r controlled vowels (i.e., ar, or, ore) 1.01h final consonant clusters (i.e., nd, ng, nk)

1.04 Ask yourself "Does it make sense?" Does it sound right? Does it look right? when reading new words.

2.02 Read to learn new information, to find out how to do something, or to enjoy a story 2.06 Remember facts and details you have read
 * Comprehension and Connections**
 * Documents:**

2.09 Find examples in the text to explain your thinking

2.0193 Ask questions [] 2.04 Ask "how," "why," and "what if," questions about what you read
 * Websites and Videos:**

Documents:
2.0199 Make inferences and draw conclusions [|inferencing unit]
 * Websites and Videos:**
 * []**
 * SmartBoard Files**:
 * Documents: [[file:inferringsongtune.pdf]] [[file:inferenceequation.pdf]] [[file:inferencetchart.pdf]] [[file:inferringcards1.pdf]] [[file:inferringcards2.pdf]] [[file:inferringcards3.pdf]][[file:Schema-Ross.docx]][[file:Schema-Blank.docx]]**

3.021 Make connections between what happens in the stories and your experiences and what you know []
 * Websites and Videos:**

SmartBoard Files:
2.071 Discuss how characters and events from different stories are alike and different
 * Documents**: [[file:ComprehensionCharacter.docx]]

2.17 Retell fiction including plot, major events, problem/solution, author's message, setting, characters, and connections 3.051 Find examples of different kinds of sentences in stories (telling, asking, exclamations)

3.053 Find examples of different kinds of punctuation in stories (exclamation marks, commas in dates, and commas and quotation marks in dialogue)

2.0196 Examine the author's word choices

3.06 Discuss the effect of an author's word choice of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in stories

2.014 Read and understand skits or drama

3.024 Make connections between what happens in skits and plays and your experiences or what you know.

Author Study
Dr. Seuss