Reading

Room 20 Reading

Accelerated Reading

Each student is given a goal according to their STAR Comprehension reading level and fluency which will constitute 15% of their ELA grade.

Students can access the AR reading test before to check the points and after they have completed a book to take the test. It is very helpful to look up quizzes online line to prepare for the quiz, especially larger, more challenging books. In my classroom library the book level and points for each are clearly labeled. 

Try to read a AR book for at least 30 min. each day. Optional on the Weekends!

Newsela- 
Newsela Articles will be frequently used to support thematic units in Science, History, and Language Arts.

Class Reading-We alternate between My Perspectives and Class Novels. In My Perspectives we will do the following units:

Childhood

Animal Allies

Adventures/Exploration

Technology

Our class novels will be:

Hatchet

Tuck Everlasting

Anne of Green Gables

Readalouds:

Where the Red Fern Grows

Schooled

Freak the Mighty

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

Read Away!

"A room without books is like a body without a soul." Marcus Tullius Cicero