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  • One and only Ivan
  • The Report Card
  • Dear Mr Henshaw
  • Frindle
  • Polar Express
  • Snowflake
    • Snowflake
  • Lightning Thief
    • Lightning week 1 >
      • Lightning CH 6-7
      • Lightning CH 8-9
      • Lightning CH 10-11
      • Lightning CH 12-13
    • Lightning week 2 >
      • Lightning CH 14-15
      • Lightning CH 16-17
      • Lightning CH 18-19
    • Lightning CH 1-5
    • Lightning CH 20-22
    • Traditional Literature
    • Mythologyy >
      • new allusions >
        • Day 1 >
          • Achilles
        • Day 2 >
          • Poseidon
        • Day 3 >
          • Narcissus
        • day 4 >
          • Companies
        • Midas
        • Hercules
        • Pandora
        • Harry Potter
      • old allusiona
  • Bud

Getting Your Reading Journals Ready

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We will be starting a new novel unit on the book titled, The Report Card, written by Andrew Clements. Today we will preview the novel.
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Reading Journal - Intro Page

Create a new page in your journal to separate this new section. This is where you will record all your information for The Report Card.
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Add sketches to your introduction page as time allows.

Predictions

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Today we are going to start to read the book, Dear Mr. Henshaw, by author Beverly Cleary. 
Lets start with some predictions about the book. 
​To make predictions before they read, good readers use: 
               -pictures,
               -titles,
               -headings, 
               -text 

              -personal experiences

Predicting involves thinking ahead while reading and anticipating information and events in the text.

Lets make predictions about The Report Card

1. Look at the cover - Notice that the book cover shows a student
   that received D's in all subjects but one. The student does not
   seem 
to be upset by the grades, but everyone in the background
   shares an expression of discontent.

2. Skim the book, look at any illustrations and read the chapter
    titles.

3. Make some predictions about the book. What do you think it's
    going to 
be about?
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4. Write your predictions in your notebook on your The Report Card Intro Page
5. Now, read the blurb on the back of your book. A blurb is a short description of the plot of a book. We can also learn more about the author.
     **I wonder why Andrew Clements decided to stop teaching after seven years and    
       become a writer instead. What experiences do you think Andrew Clements might
​       draw upon when writing books about children? 

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