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Reading Responsibilities

Lessons on reader responsibilities and work expectations

Lesson
3-1

Lesson: Readers want to grow stronger/Using a notebook

==> Readers use a notebook to track growth

==> Show a growth chart- explain that some people mark their height on a growth chart every month to see how much they've grown.

==> Readers want to see how much they've grown too.

==> We do this by keeping track of our reading.

==> Introduce the reading notebook and entry sample.

==> Have a child model completing an entry.

Growth Chart

Lesson
3-2

Lesson: introduce write about reading

 

Lesson
3-3

Lesson: Conferring/teaching vest

Conferring Vest

Lesson
3-4

Lesson: Readers choose just right books

==> Bring out a box of shoes. Tell the children that you want to put on a new pair of shoes. Pull out a baby shoe. Try it on. The kids will laugh and tell you it's too small. Pull out a very BIG shoe and try it on. Try to walk in the big shoes. Oh my! These shoes are too big. Pull out a just right shoe and try it on. Oh this is just right for me. This must be a perfect shoe. Offer the shoe to one of the children. See if they think it's a just right shoe for them. When they tell you it's too big, you can have a light bulb moment. This is just like books. All books are different and all readers are different. We are all at different levels just like we all have different size shoes. One size does not fit all. When we read we need just right books. A shoe that is too small or too big is not good for us and a book that is too easy or too hard is not going to help us grow as a reader. Readers need to choose just right books for them. They need a perfect fit.

==> Have children look through the book bins and choose a book. Have them look through the book and decide if they think it is just right, too easy or too hard.

==> Have children discuss their book with a talking partner.

Shoes

Lesson
3-5

Lesson: Just right books- 3 bears

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Lesson
3-6

Lesson: Readers choose just right books with purpose

Shoes: High Heal, Hiking boot, Flip flop, running shoe

Lesson
3-7

Lesson: Readers should not choose books that are too hard!

Large medical book

Lesson
3-8

Lesson: The Library Sorting System

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Lesson
3-9

Lesson: Shopping for books

Grocery List

Lesson
3-10

Lesson: New books

Cottage cheese and Yogurt

Lesson
3-11

Lesson Read to Someone

Things that come in pairs

Lesson
3-12

Lesson: Read to someone- ways to read to someone

Lesson
3-13

Lesson: Read to someone- check for understanding

 

Lesson
3-14

Lesson: Read to Someone- Coaching or time?

Froggy Plays Soccer

Lesson
3-15

Lesson: Choosing a partner

 

Lesson
3-16

Lesson: Making Decisions/Dealing with conflict

Chester's Way

Lesson
3-17

Lesson: Listen to Reading

 

Lesson
3-18

Lesson: Launching Choice

 
 

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