Tuesday 1/17/17-Friday 1/20/17 Agenda


Mrs. Kurth will be gone this week from Monday 1/17/17-Friday 1/20/17. Please complete your Reading Plus assignments and be on your best behavior for the substitute teacher.

This Week your Reading Plus Assignment is:
 3 See Readers @ 15 points each =     45 points
 3 Read Arounds @ 10 points each = 30 points
 1 i balance @10 points each =          10 points

 Total =  85 POINTS

Tuesday=Reading Plus
Wednesday= SSR and DRLs
Thursday=Reading Plus
Friday= Fluency Tests, Free Friday for a few students and Reading Plus for those who still have to finish work this week.

HW= Complete any missing Reading Plus assignments for this week.

Welcome Back to Reading Improvement 2017😁!

Your class for this semester is organized differently from last semester.  Instead of just working on the computer for Reading Plus time, you are also going to be responsible for reading novels of your choice from the in-class library.

Students need both the skill and the will to be good readers.   

To build skill, educators have a range of options available to increase student fluency, build vocabulary, and develop comprehension.

But to build will, educators typically have been faced with fewer and much less reliable tools to help increase student confidence and motivation.

Research shows the critical link between student motivation and achievement in reading. That’s why the Emotional domain of reading—which increases student interest, confidence, and motivation—is integrated into the Reading Plus program and by reading self selected texts from our in class library. Reading Plus taps into students’ interests by letting you choose texts from eight high-interest categories. And the InSight assessment specifically measures student motivation, and provides teachers with the personalized data to benchmark and track each student’s progress.

Please take the InSight assessment seriously and choose a novel that REALLY interests you so that you will enjoy your book/s this semester.

My goal is to help you be the BEST reader that you can this semester and to help you increase your reading level by at least 3 years or more.

This is what a typical week will look like for your class this semester:
Monday=Reading Plus
Tuesday=Reading Plus
Wednesday=SSR and Daily Read Log
Thursday=Reading Plus
Friday=Fluency Day and or Non Fiction/Fiction Read Aloud  as a whole class

The Assignments for this week are:
Wednesday=Do Reading Plus and I will call you up one student at a time to choose an SSR book. Fill out Wednesday's section on the new Daily Read Log. Write a prediction, read, then write a summary about what you read.

Thursday=   Do Reading Plus and I will call you up one student at a time to choose an SSR book.
Fill out Wednesday's section on the new Daily Read Log. Write a prediction, read, then write a summary about what you read.

Friday=Complete all Reading Plus assignments for this week.

HW=
1. No Homework this week.  We will start with Home Read Logs again in 2 weeks!

2. Mrs. Kurth will be gone next week from Tuesday January 17-Friday Jan 20, 2017.  

Please complete all of your Reading Plus assignments and be on your best behavior for the substitute. 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and for your respectful behavior.

Final Directions

The final has 2 parts:

Part 1=STAR test on the computer  If you improve your reading score by 1 point you will get 50/50. If you maintain your reading score at the exact same level then you will get 25/50 if you score below your original reading score then you will receive a 0/50.

Part 2=Non Fiction Passage (one page) and answer 15 questions on binder paper about the non fiction piece that you read.

When you are finished with BOTH parts of the final you may do something quietly at your desk or work on extra SEE READERS to improve your grade.

Santa Maria Joint Union School District

Power Readers Winter Break Challenge

Use Reading Plus over the Winter Break

to help you continue to make progress – get ahead – and win prizes, too!

How do I participate? How do I win prizes?

Get on a computer and log into Reading Plus! 

You will be placed in drawing(s) to win

PRIZES when you complete a minimum of 3 SeeReader lessons during the designated

week(s) and have an average of 80% or higher. 

During each Challenge Week we will

draw three winners who will each get a $10 gift card to your choice of Starbucks,

Subway, or Menchies! 

That’s a total of 9 winners during the break!

When are the challenge weeks?

Week 1: December 19-December 25

Week 2: December 26 -January 1

Week 3: January 2-January 8

Level Up in SeeReader (SR) During the Break and…

you will be entered into a special drawing for a $20 gift card to your choice of Starbucks,

Subway, or Menchies! One chance in the drawing for each SR level up!