• Other classes did some work with Junior Scholastic magazine:
- We quickly reviewed the features and tools that help readers digest information in magazines.
- We talked about how a reader needs to bring his/her background knowledge to any article. This might mean reading an article with lots of questions because you don't have a lot of background knowledge on the topic. It might mean seeing if the article matches what you think you know about a topic. It almost always means getting more information on a topic and adding that to your existing background knowledge.
- I demonstrated for students how reading for complete understanding requires paying attention and doing a lot of active thinking. We then tried this kind of reading on an article together.
All students should be reading at least 180 minutes each week. Please be sure to ask your child about his/her book and sign the IR bookmark when a book is completed.
