November Reading Workshop

November Reader’s Workshop

In November, we are continuing our reading work on inferring character traits based on what the characters say, do and think.  We are working on noticing the characteristics of people with particular traits.  For example, a careful person is someone who does things with care or doesn’t rush or make mistakes. 

Another focus of this unit is building our character trait vocabularies.  Students will be given a bank of character trait words connected to their behaviors.  We are working in small reading groups and one-to-one conferences. 

Our new writing unit is closely tied to this reading unit, as students will be writing about the characters in the books they read. 

At the end of November, we will assess our students' reading by giving a grade-level assessment.  Then we will begin our fiction guided reading groups.