Readers+Workshop

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Using Glogster
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We are looking more closely at Non-Fiction reading. Our Essential Questions are: Here's what we're learning ..........
 * Why do good readers read non-fiction text?
 * How do good readers make meaning of non-fiction text?
 * How do good readers share and grow ideas together?
 * Good readers read to be informed about things in the world
 * Good readers use their prior knowledge to help them understand what they are reading
 * Good readers pursue questions, ideas and interest through reading
 * Good readers develop their ideas with their partners by using particular phrases to extend their thinking
 * Good readers teach others what they've learned about their topic

Our Links for Online Reading [|Jellyfish Swarm] [|Newsbank] [|Time Magazine for Kids] =Character Study=

We have been getting to know the main character in our reading books. In particular we have been looking at the following things readers do:


 * One way that readers get to know a character is to think about what the character is doing, or what is happening to the character.
 * Readers retell the big things on their character’s timeline.
 * Readers look back at the big things that are happening to their main character, and think about them as “windows” into the character’s personality. One way to do this is to pay attention to how the character reacts to situations, and how he/she interacts with others.
 * Readers learn about their character by paying attention to what s(he) is feeling.
 * Readers learn a lot about their characters by noticing what problems they face and how they react or respond to that problem.
 * Readers look for the challenges their characters face.

We are using [|blabberize] and voicethread to show what we are learning about the main characters in our reading books.

Blabberize
Click on the blabberize below to hear about Maria Isabel, the main character in our class read-aloud.

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VoiceThread
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