Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Reading at Home-Update

Reading in the Edges UPDATE!

* Your child will be coming home with this notice today.  Please sign and return the bottom of the notice.  Thank you in advance for your help with this!!

We are beginning an exciting new chapter in our reading classroom…..book clubs!

Students have had the opportunity to join a book club of their choice and make independent decisions with regards to the types of ideas they want to track during their reading and how they will set up their reader’s notebook to do so.  They will decide with their group how much they would like to read each day and what they will discuss during their meetings.

The main purpose of this is to build readers and thinkers that are ready for the independence and responsibility that Quinn Middle School requires and to reignite the love of reading after a long spring of standardized testing.

One big change that you will see concerns the Reading in the Edges homework.  Most nights, students will be bringing home their book club book and notebook and will be required to read and take notes in preparation for their book club meeting the next day in school.  This can be done during the 20 minutes of required reading each night.

It is extremely important that students complete their required reading and note-taking!  In order to have productive, fulfilling book clubs, students need to be prepared for their meetings.  I am requesting that you support your child with this homework by encouraging them to complete it to the best of their ability.

Mrs. Groom and I will continue to support students in the classroom each day so that they can be successful with this endeavor.  We will provide tools, resources and coaching so that students gain the strategies they need to continue to grow as readers and thinkers.

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