What Good Readers Do by Josiah N.

What good readers do
by: Josiah
They skim and scan which means it you look for stuff in your own book with out reading.
They make connections which means that you relate back to what has happened in your life time and it is happening in your book.
They make predictions which means like you guess what your book is going to be like when you don’t
They have to have a purpose.

What Good Readers Do by Cassey D.

You always need to read the back of the book.

Read every day.

You also need to PREDICT about what’s going to happen in the book you’re going to be reading.

You need to skim and scan, too.

You also need to use this thing called the five-finger rule.
That is when you pick any page in you’re book then read that page. If you don’t know a word put one finger up. If you get to all five fingers up then that book is probably too hard for you, but you can only do that with for-fun books.

Then make Connections. That is when you connect something that’s has happened, will happen, or is happening around you. There are three different kinds of connections like text to world, text to text, text to self.

Set a purpose why you’re reading that book.

Get an A.R. book, which means accelerated reader.

Also, when you are taking a reading test you need to read the questions before you read the passage. So you know what you’re looking for in the passage that you are reading.

You need to make a mental image in your head, which means you make a picture in your head while you reading. 

           

Good Readers

What do good readers do?  You've probably never thought about that before, but my students think about it EVERY SINGLE DAY!  If you want to be a good reader, you have to know what to do!  So our first post is going to be about what good readers do.

The students were given two minutes to brainstorm some ideas about what good readers do.  Then, they typed their answers in Microsoft Word in sentences that make sense, put it in the student drop box, and I will post it here!

Safety Information

I was telling Josiah (6th grader) about this blog, and he was concerned about the students' safety.  Valid concerns.  So, in case you were wondering:

1.  I will not post students last names.  First names only.
2.  All comments are moderated.  This means that I receive notification when someone wants to leave a comment, and I get to read it and give it the "okay" before it is posted.

Students will type their posts into Microsoft Word, put them in the "dropbox" on our school's server, and I will copy and paste their post onto the blog.  They will not have the ability to create new posts.

I will "tag" each post by the book read, reading strategy used, and student name.  You can then click on those "tags" (at the bottom of each post, or along the side of the blog) to find posts related to one book, one reading strategy, or one particular student.

I hope this works!!!

Introduction

This is our first post (and also an experiment to see if this works!)  I hope this blog will become a forum where students can share their ideas about what they are reading and reading strategies.