Independent Reading? What

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Independent Reading? Whats Up With That????

• Ideas to help start the year in SSR
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What do we get to read?

• Pretty much anything including
• magazines
• novels
• textbooks even!

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Where do we get the reading material from?

• Home
• The LMC
• Friends
• This rooms library
• Wherever !!!

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How often will we read?
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Everyday! ?

• There will be days when we work on reading
  strategies or have activities that assist with
  reading

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You already knowReading Strategies

• Predict
• Visualize
• Connect
• Question
• Clarify
• Synthesize

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But we should REALLY think of it THIS WAY
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Reading is Thinking
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Therefore, lets call themTHINKING STRATEGIES
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How do I pick reading materials?

• Front and back cover/inside jacket
• Its another book in a series
• Interesting title
• Like the author
• Great illustrations
• Recommendation from another person

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More ways to select reading

• Liked the movie
• Genres we like (mystery, detective, horror,
  realistic fiction, sci-fi, romance, fantasy)
• Read some of the middle
• New/popular book
• Heard it read aloud
• Read it before and enjoyed it

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What if I dont like the book?
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• Is it okay to just.

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Yes, heres why you might

• Too easy
• Too difficult
• Boring or not going anywhere
• Too long before action begins
• Disappointing sequel
• Expected something different from this author
• Dont like the characters

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• Too..sad, scary, confusing
• Didnt like the Point of View
• Found a different book
• Print is too hard to read
• Vocabulary is waaaayyy too difficult
• Too similar to another book

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How do I know if the book is right for me or
not? Use
The Goldilocks Rule
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Still another way to see if the book is just
right

• The Five Finger Test

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OK, so now what?

• Now that we have the right reading materials in
  hand, what next?

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What should be going on in the classroom?

• Some suggested guidelines include
• Always be reading or writing about your
  reading not doing homework, per se.
• Work silently to enable everyone to do the best
  thinking.
• Use a soft voice when conferring with a teacher
• Fountas and Pinnell

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A very helpful tool

• The Reading Journal
• Its been around for
• ages, but it works!
• Write about what
• youve read.

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Use the journal for letter writing.

• Journal Letter Example
• The letter suggests things to share regarding
  your reading.
• Well decide together how frequently the letters
  need to be written.

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While reading.Use Sticky Notes

• Jot down your thoughts while reading.
• Use the notes
• - during our discussions
• - as ideas for the letter

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Use a Reading Interview

• We will have conferences throughout the year to
  discuss
• WHAT
• youre reading as well as
• HOW
• that readings going

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Keep Track!

• Use checklists Ill give to keep a record of
• what youve read
• whether you liked it and why
• what type of reading it is
• (genre)
• topics you want to read more
• about

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With these tools, lets head

• down the path to interesting, fun, and new
  places!

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Credits

• Fountas, Irene C., and Gay Sue Pinnell. Guiding
  Readers and Writers Grades 3-6 Teaching
  Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy.
  Portsmouth, NH Heinemann, 2001.