- Read independently
- Read with an adult (taking turns or listening and following along in the book)
- Utilize audio books (following along in the book), magazines, online articles, graphic novels, etc....
On occasion they will take home an Independent Reading Journal. Each time the journal goes home, your child will use it to keep a record of the reading they do at home that evening. They will need to write down the title of the text and the span of pages they read that evening. In addition, your child will have to write a 3-5 sentence response to their reading. The very 1st page of their journal gives a description of what a response might include: summary or retelling, connections, predictions, questions, impressions, etc...
These journals are collected and your child will earn a Literary Response grade towards their final quarter grades. Grades will be determined based upon your child's visible effort and the quality of the response in their journal.
Take advantage of this opportunity to read together and to read different types of text! These moments help to build comprehension and fluency (translation---less robotic reading!) in your young reader :)
