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Reading
Did you know that
by the time students reach fourth grade at least 75 percent of their reading is
non-fiction? In third grade, we try to foster the love of reading. A
mix of fiction and non-fiction literature is used to acquaint students with the
formats and teach tips on ways to read each type of text
for understanding. A
Skilled Reader
 | Remembers information he/she
already knows about he topic before starting to read
| Uses context clues (what is in the
text) when reading to develop meaning
| Is fluent when reading |
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As your child reads each night, check for
their understanding of the text by asking them questions.
Asking what has happened so far and then asking what might happen next will give
you an idea of their understanding.
Check out these Literacy links:
Visit Children’s
author/illustrator Jan Brett Find
her newsnotes and where she tells how she has gotten ideas for her stories
Lots of other great stuff too!
http://janbrett.com
The Children’s Literature Web
Guide If you
are looking for good children’s literature-no matter what the grade
level-don’t pass up this web site. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Weekly Reader Galaxy An
online newspaper which features social science activities for students in grades
K-6 http://www.weeklyreader.com
Scholastic News A
compliment to the newsmagazine we read in the classroom. http://www.scholastic.com/kids/index.htm
Check out This day in History on the History
Channel. http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/framed.cgi | |
Don't forget to scroll down & to the sides when looking at web pages.
At the vary bottom of searches there are arrows or the word "next"
to go to the next page.
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