December Reader's Workshop

December Reader's Workshop

We recently completed our character  unit and all students took a grade-level reading assessment.

We are now moving into our small guided reading groups, focusing on the different skills that students at each level need in order to continue to make reading progress.


These are some of the skills we are working on at each level:
Levels L & M
-Figure out the most important parts of each chapter
-Connect the most important parts of the story to retell what happened
-Notice when you are confused and use strategies to help understand (reread, envision, stop & jot)
-Infer character traits based on things the character's behavior


Levels N, O, & P
-Infer character traits based on things the character's behavior
-Connect important events from the beginning, middle and end in order to figure out how the main character changed
-Determine the lesson the main character learned
-Understand the roles of important secondary characters
-Analyze why characters do things they do
-Figure out characters' flaws (negative traits) and how they contribute to their struggles


You can support your child's reading at home by:
-Making sure they read each day for at least 35 minutes and work on their independent reading job
-Asking questions such as:
     -What is happening in this part of the story? How does this connect to what already happened?
     -Who are some important secondary characters? What are their roles?
     -How does the chapter you just read connect to the chapter title?
     -How does the main character feel right now? What us causing him/her to feel that way?
     -What kind of person is the main character (character trait)? What have they done to make you think they are this kind of person?
     -What lesson did the main character learn at the end of the book?
     -How did the main character change throughout the story?