Today, we practiced some strong reading strategies that all readers can use in ANY class they are in! These include summarizing every few paragraphs, questioning words we don't know, predicting, connecting, inferring, visualizing, and connecting any prior knowledge we have to the text.
We spent time practicing these skills with a short text titled THE CIRCUIT. The story explores a girl who dreads moving each season as her family travels from the strawberry farms that they pick in. I am encouraging students to use these skills whenever they are reading. Monitoring is CRUCIAL to our success!
Finally, we have our first test this Friday on STORY ELEMENTS. Students have a study guide to review, and we are practicing the skills all week in class. Tonight's Homework: CLOSE READ THE REST OF THE STORY. Due Wed.
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