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teacher s instructions for using read aloud journals 1 each day you should include time in your schedule for a 15 ­ 20 minute block of read aloud or shared reading uring shared d reading the teacher does the reading out loud but the students each have a copy of the text to follow along with this helps to build fluency 2 have students bring reading journal to read aloud each day before you begin reading tell students the title of what you are reading and give them a purpose question or something to listen for you may have these typed onto their sheets or there will you may have students write them down either way always review the title and questions before each reading strategy given in this packet be examples of sample purpose questions for each reading you may use the same purpose question for weeks or have a different purpose question each day depending on the strategy the book and your students 3 encourage students to write the answers to the purpose questions while you are reading question why 4 while you are reading stop and model where you are using the strategy secret ie this makes me wonder why is she keeping a or i have a when fern wants to keep your modeling http rakiradresources.wordpress.com is there going to be a surprise later remind students that if they are chosen to answer aloud they will need to answer the text to self connection with this story care of a lot of stray cats and dogs ©raki s rad resources 2011 take care of wilbur she reminds me of my cousin who took

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genuine but it may be a good idea to plan where you are going to model these strategies during your first few times using this strategy 5 after you have read for about 15 minutes stop reading even if you haven t finished a chapter or even a page story in one sitting it is good for students to adjust to not being able to read an entire however always review what was going on in the story when you left it before when you begin again this reminds students to think about the story has a whole and models overall good reading habits 6 once you stop allow 2-3 minutes for students to finish answering the questions finished reading at the beginning of the year students will often not answer questions until you have however as the year progresses you will find this is a good more and more students writing while you read notes strategy for future classes where students will have to take it also encourages students to think while they read 7 once most students are done answering ask each student to find a partner in the room and share with that partner what they wrote as an answer repeat this at least once but as haring with 3 different s many times as you have time for partners always worked best for my classroom 8 after all students have had a chance to share with someone choose 1 or 2 to share with the class why e i take time to discuss their answers encouraging students to answer the question why does that character remind you of your mom why did you infer that she would need a raincoat today 9 repeat daily ©raki s rad resources 2011 http rakiradresources.wordpress.com

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10 at the beginning of the week remind students to use this week s strategy when they are reading independently read and how they have used this week s strategy at the end of the week have students write down what they have this may need to be modeled during the first two or three weeks 11 use rubric to assess whether students have mastered the strategy most strategies should be given more than one week and should be followed up with during guided reading periodically ©raki s rad resources 2011 http rakiradresources.wordpress.com

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year long guide ­ what strategies to teach when week 1 ­ why do people read &how do i choose a book that is right for me week 2 ­ text to self connections week 3 ­ text to self connections week 4 ­ text to text connections week 5 ­ text to text connections week 6 ­ text to world connections week 7 ­ text to world connections week 8 ­ asking questions before i read week 9 ­ asking questions after i read week 10 ­ asking questions while i read week 11 ­ asking questions while i read week 12 ­ visualizing week 13 ­ making predictions before i read week 14 ­ making predictions after i read week 15 ­ making predictions while i read week 16 ­ making predictions while i read week 17 ­ making inferences week 18 ­ making inferences week 19 ­ making inferences week 20 ­ drawing conclusions week 21 ­ drawing conclusions week 22 ­ author s purpose week 23 ­ purpose for reading week 24 ­ finding the big idea week 25 ­ finding the big idea week 26 ­ reading for details ©raki s rad resources 2011 http rakiradresources.wordpress.com

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week 27 ­ reading for details week 28 ­ summarizing week 29 ­ summarizing week 30 ­ recognizing point of view week 31 ­ recognizing point of view week 32 ­ making judgments week 33 ­ making judgments week 34 ­ synthesizing sing all strategies at once u week 35 ­ synthesizing sing all strategies at once u week 36 ­ synthesizing sing all strategies at once u ©raki s rad resources 2011 http rakiradresources.wordpress.com

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strategies ­ questions to use and books to read strategy making connections purpose questions you might use what does this story remind you of how are these characters like other characters you have read about what text connections can you make while reading asking questions what questions do you have from looking at the book what questions come to your mind while you read what questions were not answered in the book making predictions what will happen next in this story if you were writing the story what would you make happen next what will the character do next visualizing what pictures do you see in your head when you read this describe the main ©raki s rad resources 2011 book suggestions thank you mr falkner by patricia polacco alexander and the terrible horrible no good very bad day by judith viorst dr desoto by william steig the stranger by chris van allsburg bad day at riverbend by chris van allsburg just a dream by chris van allsburg abuela by arthur dorros puddles by http rakiradresources.wordpress.com

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character describe what the characters are seeing inferences conclusions why did that character make that choice from what they told us about that character would you want to be their friend where might this story take place purpose why do you think the story ended that way why would you read this story why would someone write a piece like this one who would most likely want to read this summarizing details and big ideas if you had to tell a friend in one sentence about this story what would you tell her what makes one detail more important than another detail which details helped you best understand what was going on what was the most important event in the ©raki s rad resources 2011 jonathan london two bad ants by chris van allsburg alexander who used to be rich last sunday by judith viorst rainbow fish by marcus pfister the snowy day by ezra jack keats dear mrs larue letters from obedience school by mark teque emily by michael bedard magic schoolbus books by joanna cole water dance by t locker http rakiradresources.wordpress.com

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story making judgments what did you find strange in this story how would you make this story better what was the worst part of this story who was the best character in this story synthesizing what strategies did you use to better understand this story choose two strategies that you used while reading/listening to this story how did they help you understand this story better my grandmother s journey by john cech baseball saved us by ken mochizuki the wednesday surprise by eve bunting the mitten by jan brett copy the next two pages front/back and create a reading journal for your students journals can be created at the beginning of the year are given out one sheet at a time throughout the year ©raki s rad resources 2011 http rakiradresources.wordpress.com

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name date reading strategy read aloud or shared reading monday title question answer tuesday wednesday thursday friday independent reading this week i read by i used this week s strategy while i was reading this is what i did ©raki s rad resources 2011 http rakiradresources.wordpress.com

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reading strategy rubric 3 ­ exceeds expectations 2 ­ meets expectations 1 ­ does not meet expectations strategy student can use reading strategy while listening to a read aloud student can use reading strategy while reading with a small group student can use reading strategy while reading with a partner student can use reading strategy while reading independently teacher comments plans for improvement ©raki s rad resources 2011 http rakiradresources.wordpress.com

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