Happy Winter Holiday! During break be sure to read! READ EVERY DAY! COMPREHENSION GAME with a partner -Choose a chapter book and read -Read two pages only together -After you have read each person rolls a die and completes the activity Roll a 1- INFER Make inference from two pages read (Text Clue + Background Knowledge = Inference). Roll a 2 – WHAT’S IMPORTANT Tell two of the most important events or facts from two pages read. Also explain why you chose them. Roll a 3 – QUESTIONING Tell partner three “I wonder…” statements Roll a 4 VISUALIZE Describe what you would see, hear, smell, and feel at this point in the text. Roll a 5 FIX UP STRATEGIES Find three words that need a fix up strategy (reread, look back, read ahead, restate in your own words). Roll a 6 RETELL/SUMMARIZE Retell three events or facts. North Elementary School December 2015, Volume 8, Page 1 Also posted on under North Schoolwww.usd352.org READING CONNECTION “The more that you READ, the more things you will KNOW The more that you LEARN the more places you’ll GO! - Dr. Seuss Read! Read! Read! So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall -Ronald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) TV vs. Reading Take control of the TV. It's difficult for reading to compete with TV and video games. Try giving children television tickets. Each week, each child gets 20 tickets. Each ticket can be used for 30 minutes of TV time. Any tickets remaining at the end of the week can be cashed in for 25 cents each. Parents can still veto a certain program, of course.

North Elementary School December 2015, Volume 8, Page 2 Also posted on under North Schoolwww.usd352.org READING CONNECTION Read! Read! Read! Questioning Cards EVALUATION Compare two of the characters on their qualities or attributes. (Venn Diagram) Is the main character good or bad? Explain your answer. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? What changes to … would you recommend? Is there a better solution to …? Do you believe…? How would you have handled…? Judge the value of … How would you feel if …? Do you think … is a good or a bad thing? Can you defend your position about …? Questioning Cards SYNTHESIS What is another way the character could have dealt with the problem? If you had access to all resources how would you deal with …? Can you create new and unusual use for …? Can you develop a proposal which would …? Can you write a new recipe for a tasty dish? Think of 2-3 new titles that give a good idea of what the story was about. Can you see a possible solution to …? Retell the story from another character’s point of view. How else could have the story ended? Read! Read! Read! Bloom’s Taxonomy provides a framework for questions that focus on higher level thinking skills. This resource is divided into six levels. These are questions that fall under the last two levels. Use them freely to quiz your child! Reading well is at the heart of all learning. Children who can't read well, can't learn. Make a difference! You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child. -Dr. Seuss