Writing about Reading

It is Friday October 5, 2012.  We had a surpriseTerry Fox assembly this afternoon and important reading and math lessons which left us no time to write our weekly home letter!

For homework this weekend, I encourage you to write your letter in your journal and have a parent read it. 

Why is it important to write about what you read?

We are writing responses to what we've read independently in our 'just right' books.

I'd like you to write for yourself, almost like a journal entry.  First, this can allow you to think more about what you've read and learned.  Second, it will help you remember what you've read and become an expert on that book.  There will be time in class to share your response with others.



Model Text: We read "On the Move' and wrote this response together


Pick 3 items from this list we created to use for your response:
1. Write more about the topic, subject or genre
2. Retell the story
3. Summarize the most important ideas
4. Tell the facts you learned or moral of the story
5. Predict what will happen next in the story
6. Ask questions that you had before, during or after reading
7. Make a connection (yourself, the world, other books)
7. Describe your favourite part
9. Draw a labelled diagram or picture of the story's beginning/middle/end
10. Define new words that you learned
11. Explain your purpose for reading. 

Next Steps:
You will read a non-fiction text at your level summarize it.