Reading + Thinking = Learning

March 29, 2011

Our 3rd graders are reading and thinking more and more each and every day! We are so proud of the wonderful thinking about reading we have noticed in our classroom. We recently welcomed Dr. O, from the University of Maryland, into our classroom to model thinking about reading; specifically paying attention to character dialogue, backstory and inner thoughts. We have continued to use his methods of thinking about our reading while discussing the character development in our read alouds. In addition, we have been using our theatrical skills to act out the rising action, climax and resolution of the stories we are reading.  

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Quarter One is Done!

November 4, 2010
Wow, time flies when you're reading! We have successfully completed our first quarter of 3rd grade Reading. We finished our 1st quarter with Realistic Fiction, however we will be coming back to the strong reading strategies and skills we learned throughout the entire school year. We will begin the 2nd quarter of Reading with Non-Fiction. We have ordered Time for Kids magazines for our 3rd graders. Students will have the opportunity to read and discuss current news articles each week. Students...
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Characters, Setting, and More!

October 13, 2010
We have been reading a variety of realistic fiction text, while identifying the characters, charater traits and setting. We are stretching our thinking by discussing how the setting or characters could change throughout a story. For example, we read The Big Orange Splot and idenified how the main character, Mr. Plumbean, changed throughout the story. Furthermore, we read the play, Miss Nelson Is Missing. We are building our critical thinking skills by changing the setting of this play. By cha...
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Realistic Fiction

October 2, 2010
We are continuing to build our reading strategies using Realistic Fiction books. Students have been making connections, visualizing the setting, and identifying character traits. Specifically, we read Brave Irene and discussed how the setting impacted the main character in the story. In addition, while we read we have been focusing on the spelling patterns of short vowel sounds. We have begun literacy stations to enhance our reading and writing skills; such as Writing Station, Word Work Stati...
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3rd Grade Reading Update

August 26, 2010
Our third graders are beginning to "dive into" our Reading/Language Arts curriculum. We have begun the school year with our Realistic Fiction genre study. We have been reading a collection of Realistic Fiction books; First Day Jitters, Thank You Mr. Falker, When the Relatives Came, and many more. Students are learning the characteristics of Realistic Fiction books. In addition, we will continue to build our reading strategies such as making predictions and connections. Please help us in conti...
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Read, Read, Read, Fallsmead!

 

MARCH Book It Logs are due at the end of the month!

We are super excited to calculate how much our 3rd graders have been reading! 

Book It!

ALL Fallsmead students have made the commitment to read 20 minutes each night. Twenty minutes of reading can be reading alone, reading aloud, and/or being read to.  Students should record their minutes of reading each night, and return their reading log at the end of the month to their teacher. Their reward will be a FREE Personal Pan Pizza from Pizza Hut. 

http://www.bookitprogram.com/

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