Ramsay's Fifth Grade Reading Class
Welcome to my 5th grade Reading
page. I hope that this page will assist in making every student in my
class a more successful student.
Preparing for Success
At the beginning of the school year, every student will be tested to find
his/her reading level, strengths and areas for improvement. We will do lessons in
class to target individual needs and strengths.
I believe that all of my students have the ability to be successful in my classes. In order to ensure this, I give them a criteria sheet (study guide) at the beginning of each skill or literature unit. In class we will discuss and work on the criteria sheet for the material that we covered in class.
In reading class, we will also do book reports. I will give each student a rubric/criteria sheet for the book report when it is assigned. This sheet will explain exactly what each student is expected to do for his/her book report and the point value for each part of the project. Each of the book reports is different, so the rubric/criteria sheet is crucial for your student's success. All of the book reports will require the student to read an approved book and do some type of written assignment. Then, a technology project will be done at school, with my assistance, for the complete grade. Book reports are worth a test grade.
We will also be involved in a very exciting, ongoing technology project. We
will be writing to students at Oakwood Elementary School in Peoria, Arizona.
We will be practicing and modeling
the four modes of writing, proper composition, and editing skills. We will
also be participating in collaborative distance learning and mutual webquests. Both classes are
not only sharing information on cool technology
projects for the other students to try out, but also providing interesting
academic information to each other in a variety of formats. All of our communication is
via the Internet. Check out our cool projects and correspondence from last
year on our E-Pal
web page. E-pal letters and projects are each worth a test grade.
*Homework
There are several ongoing assignments that are due every week. All of my
students are expected to read a minimum of fifteen minutes every night.
Each student has been given a reading log on which he/she records each night's
reading time. The reading log is due every Wednesday.
In preparation for the ADAW, each student will have a five paragraph paper to write for Ms. Moore's Writing Lab. These are due every Friday. They are each worth a test grade.
In addition, my reading students will have occasional homework related to the unit of study that we are having. They will all have criteria sheet questions to answer several days a week in preparation for upcoming tests.
*Tests
When I make out the tests for skill or literature units, I use the criteria
sheet. Since the students have the criteria sheet, they have the
answers to the test. I announce tests several days before they are
given. I urge all of my students to spend a little bit of time every
night studying for the upcoming test.
*Class Update
This nine weeks, we will be reading From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg as an independent study. This Newberry Award winning novel is about two students who run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and find themselves tangled up in solving a mystery that has gone unsolved for centuries. Students will have daily work off of their criteria sheet. We will have a test on the novel about once a week. In conjunction with this novel we will be completing several different art activities.
Each week, we will also be studying out of our reading series. Below are the weeks of each selection. Our selection tests are administered on the computer each Wednesday.
Week of November 17- "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"
Week of December 1- Unit Benchmark Test