In Reading this Week . . .

This week, we will finish reading Where the Red Fern Grows.  Students will be listening to the book on CD as well as reading independently at home.  We will be discussing the themes of the novel in the later half of the week as well as applying them directly to the text.  Students will be asked to find "textual evidence" of the theme in the novel.  On Friday, we will begin reviewing the novel and students will be given a study guide to complete for Monday (this will count as extra credit).  The test will be on Wednesday, September 30th.  Since that day is a 1:00 dismissal day, the kids will begin their test during SLT time that morning, and continue it during 1st period Reading class.  I would have postponed the test until Friday (10/2), but cannot due to the King Tut field trip. 

 

Several students continue to forget to bring their copies of Where the Red Fern Grows to Reading class.  These children cannot follow along in the book if this is the case because we have no extra copies.  Please remind your students to have their novels with them on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  Really, they should just keep them in their backpacks.  Thank you for your help!