Mrs. Berkowitz's Grade Six Reading Blog

Tonight: Complete the DRP passage about volanoes. Be sure to underline your evidence. Target Time: 20 minutes.

Tween Tribune:

Log-in to the site. Find an article that you are interested in. Answer the following question:

What was the author’s purpose in writing this article. Explain.

Target Time: 20 minutes

Read the passage “Ten Day Ordeal”.

Answer all of the questions and underline the evidence for your answers. 

Which character in the story would you like to know and why?

Answer the following question about your SSR book:

How is this story like or different from your personal experiences? 

Tonight: Complete the DRP passage. You must underline evidence that led you to choose your answer.

Answer the following question about your SSR book.

Why did the author give the book this title? Use specific details from the book to support your answer.

Today in class we talked about what things good readers do when they are reading. Spend 10 minutes tonight and add to your list. First, read some paragraphs in the handout that I gave you about dirty diapers. Think about what your brain is doing, wondering, observing as you read. Are you rereading? Are you figuring out vocabulary? Next, add to your list. We will discuss this tomorrow in class.

1. Answer the open ended question about your SSR book.

Choose a character in the book. What type of person do you think he/she/it is? Use details from the book for your response.

2. Give your parent(s) the Guide to Student Success and the Parent Letter.

Welcome to the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year!

This Reading class is about THINKING WHILE READING.

My job is to help you do this.

Your job is to use strategies to help you do this.

This year we will:

Learn and practice Reading Strategies

Learn and practice Writing Strategies

Build your vocabulary

Build your background knowledge

Find books to read and enjoy

Learn about the world around you