September 24 ~ Reading Block 1

I would like to apologize for not keeping up on the blog.  Blogging is new to me and I am still working at it.  With that being said here is Mondays and Tuesdays reading work.

Monday:
Students worked on vocabulary frames.  They needed to complete a frame for each word.  Here are this weeks words

1. spire
2. shoreline
3. timbers
4. hull
5. treacherous
6. ominous

Draw a rectangle.  In the middle of the rectangle write the word.  In the top right corner write the word's definition.  In the top let corner write the word's opposite and cross it.  In the lower left corner write a silly sentence that uses the definition of the word.  In the lower right corner draw a picture to help you visualize the concept.  

Students should have also found out the genre of The Wreck of Zephyr.  They needed to make two predictions, read the story, and then write their evidence.  

Tuesday:

Today we did centers.  

Center 1: Lit Circle ~ We discussed the book as well as the jobs that should have been done.  Then I introduced two new reading jobs.  Anyone that is not caught up in their lit circle book will be spending their recess getting caught up since they have had this book for three weeks already.  

Center 2: Silent/AR Reading ~ Students spend this time reading quietly their AR book.  They also have this time where they can take an AR test to reach toward their AR goal.  

Center 3: Fluency ~ students will time each other on how fast they can read their syllables.  

Center 4: Reading Skill ~ Making inferences ~ Students created an inference fold-able to put in their reading notebook.  Then they worked on making inferences with the inference triangle.