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.