Reading

The shared reading story in our anthology this week has been The Talking Cloth.  Ask your student to explain to you how the cloth in this realistic fiction story "talks."  The reading strategy that we've focused on this week has been summarizing, which is a great way for students to be sure they are understanding what they have read.  Students also used cluster maps to help them sort/classify facts from the story.

Students have also been reading in small guided reading groups, reinforcing skills and strategies covered during whole group reading class using text/books that match the groups' reading levels.