1. Time Keeper Time Keeper
Before Reading
Brainstorm:
1. We have 1 minute to write what we know.
2. We have 1 minute to share our best ideas.
Predict:
1. We have 1 minute to write what we think we
will learn.
During Reading
Read:
1. We have 10 minutes to read the selection.
After Reading
Wrap Up:
1. We have 1 minute to write 3 questions.
2. We have 4 minutes for answering
questions.
3. We have 2 minutes to write everything we
learned.
4. We have 1 minute to share our best ideas.
Time Keeper
Before Reading
Brainstorm:
1. We have 1 minute to write what we know.
2. We have 1 minute to share our best ideas.
Predict:
1. We have 1 minute to write what we think we
will learn.
During Reading
Read:
1. We have 10 minutes to read the selection.
After Reading
Wrap Up:
1. We have 1 minute to write 3 questions.
2. We have 4 minutes for answering
questions.
3. We have 2 minutes to write everything we
learned.
4. We have 1 minute to share our best ideas.

2. Clunk Expert
Does anyone know what this clunk means? (If someone says yes, ask them to explain.)
I will try to help us figure out the clunk. Would everyone please find the clunk?
First let’s try card one. (Read card one)
Did that help anyone? (If someone says yes, ask them to explain how they figured out the clunk. If no one gets it, move on to the next card.
Let’s try card two. (Read card two.)
Did that help anyone? (If someone says yes, ask them to explain how they figured out the clunk. If no one gets it, move to the next card.)
Let’s try card three. (Read card three.)
Let’s try card four.
Did that help anyone? (If someone says yes, ask them to explain how they figured out the clunk.)
If you are still having trouble, call the teacher over.

3. Clunk Card #2 Clunk Card #3 Clunk Card #4
Reread the sentence with the clunk and look for the key ideas to help you figure out the unknown word. Think about what makes sense.
Clunk Card #2
Reread the sentences before and after the clunk, looking for clues.
Clunk Card #3
Look for a prefix or suffix in the word that might help.
Clunk Card #4
Take the word apart and look for smaller words that you know.

4. Gist Expert Gist Expert
After Clicks and Clunks ask:
What is the most important idea we have learned about this topic so far?
Everyone write down the two most important words in each paragraph.
Timekeeper, set the timer for 3 minutes.
3. (After three minutes), who has a gist to share?
4. (After every member shares, the Gist expert will pick the 10 most important words overall. Read the gist to the group.)
5. Does everyone agree? Does anyone what to change anything?
Gist Expert
After Clicks and Clunks ask:
What is the most important idea we have learned about this topic so far?
Everyone write down the two most important words in each paragraph.
Timekeeper, set the timer for 3 minutes.
3. (After three minutes), who has a gist to share?
4. (After every member shares, the Gist expert will pick the 10 most important words overall. Read the gist to the group.)
5. Does everyone agree? Does anyone what to change anything?

5. Leader Before Reading During Reading After Reading Reflection
Brainstorm
Today’s topic is___________________________. We are going to brainstorm what we already know about the topic. We have one minute for this activity. Timekeeper, start the timer.
Who would like to share their ideas? We need to share 3 ideas. Remember to write down everyone’s ideas on your log.
Predict
We are going to predict what we might learn today. We have one minute for this activity. Timekeeper start the timer.
It’s time to share our best ideas. We need to share 3 ideas. Remember to write down everyone’s ideas on your log.
During Reading
Read
It’s time to read, locate clunks, and get the gist of today’s reading. We have ten minutes to read. Timekeeper start the timer. Who would like to start reading this section?
Click and Clunk
1. It’s time to figure out the clunks. Look through the section and find at least one clunk. Write it down on your learning log.
Share your clunks. Clunk expert can you help us out?
Does anyone have a click you would like to share?
Get the Gist
1. It’s time to get the gist. Gist expert can you help us out?
After Reading
Answering questions
Time to ask and answer questions. We each need to write three questions. We have one minute to write three questions.
Everyone choose one question to share. We will all try to answer the question. Remember to write each question and each answer in your log. We have 4 minutes for answering questions. Who would like to start?
Reviewing
It’s time to review. We will have two minutes to write what we learned. Time keeper start the timer.
Let’s go around the group and share something we learned. Each person needs to share at least one thing. Remember to write each thing in your log. Who wants to start?
Reflection
1. Write one thing we did really well as a group and one thing we could’ve done better. Who would like to share their ideas?

6. CSR Learning Log READ! Before Reading- Preview!
Name___________________________________________ Date____________________ Group _____________________________
Before Reading- Preview!
Topic__________________________________________.
Brainstorm
1._________________________________________________
2._________________________________________________
3._________________________________________________
4._________________________________________________
5._________________________________________________
6._________________________________________________
Predict
READ!
During Reading- Click and Clunk!
Clicks (+) and Clunks (-)
Get the Gist! (10 most important words)
After Reading- Wrap Up!
Questioning
1.____________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________
Group questions/answers
Review
1.___________________________________________________
2.___________________________________________________
3.___________________________________________________
Things my group learned:
Reflect