10/4

HW due Wednesday:

1. Choice Fiction Novel Assignment #3

GRADES
A reminder I will be sending home the excel grade spreadsheet to your families this weekend. Self-advocate and take ownership this week so that there are no surprises for your families this weekend.

Thursday = Downtown Geology Field Study (rock cycle)

Choice Fiction Assignment #3 (answer in Reading Journal)

• Good Readers build background knowledge. Make sure you are building background knowledge before you started reading.

1. What page are you currently on? Summarize what you have read in your story in the past week in 3-5 sentences.

TO COMPLETE WHILE YOU READ….

2. Good Readers make connections!!! Using this sheet (or a page in your Reading Journal) list the connections you make, the type of connection it is, explain how you made the connection, and write the page where you made them.
3. Good Readers ask questions!!! Using the handout on the back of this page (or a blank page in your Reading Journal), keep a list of the questions you ask while you read. Separate the questions into two categories; clarifying questions and ponderable questions.

Good Readers make CONNECTIONS!!!…. Complete WHILE READING YOUR BOOK!

Text – to – Self Connections… List and EXPLAIN 1 text-to-self connection (include the page #)

Text – to – World Connections… List and EXPLAIN 1 text-to-world connections. Write the page number the connection happened on.

Text – to – Text Connections… List and EXPLAIN 1 text-to-text connection (including books, magazines, music, movies, etc…)… Write the page number the connection happened on.

Good Readers Ask Questions!!!!

• *** Track at least 5 questions for each category.
• *** Write down the page number you were on when you had this question.
• Complete WHILE READING YOUR BOOK!

Clarifying Questions Questions that can be answered in the text that help remind you what is going on in the story.	Ponderable Questions Questions that make you wonder that do not have any immediate answer that you can find unless you keep reading, keep thinking, or search for the answer outside of the book.

A NOTE FOR PARENTS: 

Below is a note from Marie Petrasy, our middle school logistics coordinator extraordinaire, in regards to payment for some of our extended field studies.

Hello Year of the Mountain folks!

 This October, your class has two amazing field studies scheduled. 

 Mt St Helens and the Columbia Gorge

 Both of these trips require a school bus rental. We are collecting money to help offset the cost of these buses/ trips.

There are two ways to contribute: 

1. www.schoolpay.com ... Log on and you can pay electronically. (Soon to be set up to pay this way for all trips at Sunnyside!)

2. Give money directly to your teacher 

The amount requested is a sliding scale of $10- $30 to help cover those students who are unable to pay. Thank you in advance for your help in making these trips happen.