reading response

leighon13 · **reading response** 11-21-2009, 07:18 AM

My kids are having trouble writing about their self-selected reading book. Many were not picking just right books earlier in the year and now they are, which is one step forward. I am looking for ideas on how to model a reading response, possible formats, rubrics etc. I know I need to model more, I just can't decide what exactly I want from my students and I feel stuck! I've given them startes, questions to answer, and a letter format to fill in but I am not getting anything meaningful out of them. Help

1956BD · **Short Book Review** 11-21-2009, 07:54 AM

I start by teaching mine to write a review of the book. I read them a picture book and then we write the review together. We include

the title of the book

the author's name

the genre

a one to two sentence summary of the book

make a connection or share a question that comes to you while reading the story

your opinion of the story and a sentence or two why you have that opinion

My third graders needed a great deal of practice with this before they could write a good book review.

1956BD · **One sentence frames** 11-21-2009, 07:57 AM

is another reading response I have used with my students this year. Sorry, I do not remember where I got this one.

texteach55 · **I love those story frames** 11-21-2009, 08:09 AM

Thank you!

gingercat · **Me too!** 11-21-2009, 12:11 PM

I love your story frames sheet! Do you have any MORE things like this you would share???

kay/5 · **Ms Sanchez's Class** 11-21-2009, 03:05 PM

I'm assuming that the poster found the story frame on Ms. Sanchez's website (based on the bottom of the page). Here's the site:
http://www.sanchezclass.com/teachers.htm
Click on the downloads cafe. She has lots and lots of wonderful resources on her site.

1956BD · **Here is another** 11-21-2009, 05:33 PM

I got this one here on PT.

1956BD · **Here is another** 11-21-2009, 05:35 PM

Again I am not sure where it came from.

MiddlingAZ · **story frame** 11-21-2009, 07:01 PM

I plan to adapt this to my lower 6th graders, having them use all of the statements to help them develop a paragraph. Thanks to you (and Ms. Sanchez)

powellstarkey · **Two reading response prompts** 11-21-2009, 08:17 PM

Independent Reading Journal Assignment #1

Please include the following for this assignment:

Title
Author
2-3 Paragraph Summary about what you read about in your book or novel.
Paragraphs should be at least 8-10 sentences.

Independent Reading Journal # 3

Was the title of the book appropriate? Does the title “grab” you and make you want to read the book? Explain your response completely. Your response should be at least a paragraph.

MiddlingAZ · **Cpr** 11-21-2009, 09:17 PM

I posted this idea a while back and then NeeCee created a worksheet for the idea. This may not be appropriate for the level you teach and also may not get anything meaningful out of the students, especially since it sounds like you have already tried similar things. But take a look:

http://www.proteacher.net/discussion...46&postcount=4

Here is the thread it came from
http://www.proteacher.net/discussion...d.php?t=160791

1956BD · **Thank you MiddlingAZ** 11-25-2009, 01:31 PM

I love the CPR response.