* What is My Level?

*Reading Logs

*Genre Overview

*AR Information

What is my “Just Right”

Level?

Date Level

Reading Log

Select a book to read. Record the title, author, and level on your reading log. When you have completed it, write the genre and date. If you have abandoned it, write an (A), and the

date you abandoned it in the date column. Do not forget to put your AR Score.

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Reading Log

Select a book to read. Record the title, author, and level on your reading log. When you have completed it, write the genre and date. If you have abandoned it, write an (A), and the date you

abandoned it in the date column. Do not forget to put your AR Score.

# Title Author Level Genre

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Date

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# Title Author Color

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Genre Overview

Fiction Code Genre Definition

F Fantasy A story including elements that are impossible

such as talking animals or magical powers. Make-believe is what this genre is all about.

RF Realistic Fiction A story using made-up characters that could

happen in real life.

M Mystery A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is

not solved until the end of the story.

TL Traditional Literature

Stories that are passed down from one group to another in history. This includes folktales,

legends, fables, fairy tales, tall tales, and myths from different cultures.

HF Historical Fiction

A fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting is real, but the

characters are made up from the author’s imagination.

SF Science Fiction A type of fantasy that uses science and technology

(robots, time machines, etc.)

Nonfiction Code Genre Definition

I Informational Texts that provide facts about a variety of topics (sports, animals, science, history, careers, travel,

geography, space, weather, etc.)

B Biography The story of a real person’s life written by another

person.

AB Autobiography The story of a real person’s life that is written by

that person.

Other Genre Code Genre Definition

P Poetry Poetry is verse written to create a response of

thought and feeling from the reader. It often uses rhythm and rhyme to help convey its meaning.

Genres I Read in the Months of __________________

Fantasy Realistic

Fiction

Mystery Traditional

Literature

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Fiction

Science

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Poetry Biography or

Autobiography

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Mystery Traditional

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Poetry Biography or

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*My Reading Goals *My Ideas About Sheets

*Reader’s Responses

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Mini-Lesson Handouts

Unit of Study: _________________________

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The Goldilocks Rules for Choosing a Book That is “Just Right”

Too Easy Books • I have read the book many times

before. • I understand and can retell the story without much effort. • I know and understand almost every word. • I can read the book smoothly and fluently without much practice.

Too Hard Books • There are five or more words on a page that I do not recognize. • I am confused about what is happening in the story. • When I read the words I sound choppy. • I need help when reading this book.

Just Right Books • The book is new to me and the topic is interesting to me. • I understand what is happening in most of the story. • I can retell what I have read. • I recognize most of the words on the page, but there are some words

to work on. • I can read the book by myself but may need help if I hit a tough spot.

© Karen A. McDavid 2007

Reading Strategies

1. Making Connections

• Prior Knowledge

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to World

2. Visualizing

• Use your five senses to create a mental picture

• Visualize a movie in your mind when you read

3. Inferring (connecting what you know to what you read)

• Make Predictions

• Draw Conclusions

4. Questioning (Who, What, When, Where, How)

• Ask questions before you read

• Ask questions as you read

• Ask questions after you read

5. Determining Important Ideas

• The Big Idea

• Author’s Purpose

6. Synthesizing

• Retelling

© Karen A. McDavid 2007

Summarizing

• Book Reviews •

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Setting

Definition: Where and when a story

takes place.

Time: past, present, or future

Place: location where a story takes place.

Setting Words:

where when setting

yesterday last night at lunchtime

past present future

winter spring summer

home abroad school

Setting Questions: Where did the story take place? Describe the place using visual details.

When did the story take place? Did it take place in the past, present, or future?

Sample Character Traits able active adventurous affectionate afraid alert ambitious angry annoyed anxious apologetic arrogant attentive average bad blue bold bored bossy brainy brave bright brilliant busy calm careful careless cautious charming cheerful childish clever clumsy coarse concerned confident confused considerate cooperative courageous cowardly cross cruel curious dangerous daring dark decisive

demanding dependable depressed determined discouraged dishonest disrespectful doubtful dull dutiful eager easygoing efficient embarrassed encouraging energetic evil excited expert fair faithful fearless fierce foolish fortunate foul fresh friendly frustrated funny gentle giving glamorous gloomy good graceful grateful greedy grouchy grumpy guilty happy harsh hateful healthy helpful honest hopeful

hopeless humorous ignorant imaginative impatient impolite inconsiderate independent industrious innocent intelligent jealous kindly lazy leader lively lonely loving loyal lucky mature mean messy miserable mysterious naughty nervous nice noisy obedient obnoxious old peaceful picky pleasant polite poor popular positive precise proper proud quick quiet rational reliable religious responsible

restless rich rough rowdy rude sad safe satisfied scared secretive selfish serious sharp short shy silly skillful sly smart sneaky sorry spoiled stingy strange strict stubborn sweet talented tall thankful thoughtful thoughtless tired tolerant touchy trusting trustworthy unfriendly unhappy upset useful warm weak wicked wise worried wrong young