Feb. 25-March 1 SUM IT UP

Synthesizing to Summarize has been our main focus of work in reading the last few weeks.  Read for 20 minutes.  Record the title and author in the comment box and then SUM IT UP!

Who or What?

Did What?

When?

Where?

Why?

How?

Example: Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe

Who?  A young boy

Did What? caught fireflies and put them in a jar

When? a summer evening

Where?  He was outside in his neighborhood

Why? to catch fireflies because he thought they were beautiful

How? He used a jar to catch the fireflies

Week of 2/18-2/22

Read for 20 minutes.
Record the title and author of your book.  Then tell me about what strategy you used during your reading.
You may make connections, share mental images, share an inference, or write a fact or opinion.

Reading for the Week of 2/11-2/15

Please read nightly for 20 minutes.  Record the title and author of your text in the comment section.  Then, share with us how your thinking changed while you were reading.
Did you change your thinking about a character, plot, events, or moral?
You will record your homework to this link each night this week.

2/4

You guys have been doing an awesome job in class recording your notes and thinking.
Tonight, read a FICTION text for 20 minutes.  
Record the title and author in the comment section.  
Then, share with us one note you took (an event from the story) and one thing you thought (connection, question, inference, prediction, or wondering).  
I can't wait to see what great things you are thinking and learning!