Reading Groups are in FULL SWING!

Who knew wearing your books would be so fun!?

We LOVE reading groups in room 306.  Kids are reading a wide variety of FICTION books right now. 

Double Fudge – Oh Fudge.  What a character he is!  This kid LOVES money and giving his brother Peter a hard time. 

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great – Sheila is having a hard time at camp.  Buy why?  What’s happening at camp, and why does she lie to her friend? 

Fractured Fairy Tales – This is a hilarious book.  The kids LOVE this book.  They laugh out loud while reading it.  What happens when you take a famous fairy tale and FRACTURE it?  It’s fun finding out!

Time Warp Trio (See You Later, Gladiator) –  These books are SUPER fun.  The Book transports the boys back to ancient Rome – and face to face with a giant gladiator.  This book series is a wonderful introduction to a wide variety of things that have happened in history, and hopefully eager to learn more!  I love the discussions we get ourselves into during our group time. 

Magic Tree House – In this group, we read a book about castles before break.  In this new MTH book, Jack and Annie are traveling to ancient times…and visiting a castle.  We are seeing the same vocabulary that we learned from the book Castles and the kids LOVE the connections they are able to make between the two books. 

Reading groups are chocked full of learning.  We discuss what we’re reading, make connections to other things we’ve read, learn new vocabulary words, chat with one another about our thoughts, and write about what we’ve read.   We also continue to work on our fluency, and how we sound when we read out loud.  Things we’ve discussed recently: 

Ways to sound out words we don’t know.

Highlighting important parts of a book (using RAZ KIDS books).

We write a LOT about the books we read.  Summaries, predictions, questions, and much more! 

Using sticky notes to keep track of our reading – thoughts, questions, vocabulary, etc. 

LABELS!  We have started using labels to write about what we are reading.  These are SO cool.  I print the labels and kids put the label in their Dear Mrs. McGee notebooks.  It’s.  Great.  Writing about reading is difficult.  There’s a lot to remember when writing about a book you are reading.  That’s why we continue to practice…a lot!