We are working hard as readers here in Room 204. Our Essential
Question this year in reading is: How can we best connect with
what we are reading? To answer that question, we are doing many
things… We are choosing “just-right” books – ones that are at
our independent reading level and help us advance in our Reading
Journey. We spend time Reading to Self every day. While early in
the year, we may choose books in genres we are familiar with –
as the year progresses, we will expand our choices to include
other subject matter. Ideally, each student will read books in
several different genres spanning from historical fiction to
science fiction, expository text to tall tales. To help us
connect with the books we are reading, we use our reading
journals. We write about the predictions we make, the pictures
we visualize, the things we notice about the characters, the
progression of the plot, or the changes we would make if we were
the author. We also use these journals to practice skills and
strategies relating to re