Narrative Reading

NARRATIVE READING

Kindergarten F & P  Readers build good habits  Readers think and talk about emergent story books  Just right books  Turn and talk partnerships  Readers get to know characters by pretending and performing  Read alouds  Shared reading  Early reading strategies – voice print, match, look @ the picture, get your mouth ready  Stamina  Choice  Guided reading groups  Story Elements 1. Comprehension 2. Retelling (how does retelling change our grades?) 3. Character/setting 4. Problem/solution First Grade F & P Decoding strategies Developing stamina Book talk (r partners) Character traits Retelling with specific evidence Guided reading Reading voices Shared reading Read- alouds Comprehension strategies

Second Grade Story elements Problem/Solution Compare/contrast Traits How settings effect change Author purpose Series study Evidence – “How do you know that”? Tackling challenging words  Using strategies Author study Retelling Think marks Post-Its Build stamina Context clues Partnerships Accountable talk Guided reading Ind. Reading Predictions & checking predictions Re-reading for understanding Conferencing Third Grade Retelling Characters  Actions – with supporting evidence  Traits - with supporting evidence “Because of Winn Dixie” – Patricia Polacco How characters change  Fables, myths, folktales. What’s the moral? Back it up.  Evidence Author study  Finding themes!  Inferencing, predicting, connecting Reading Binders  Logs  Stop & Jots  Post-It notes  Responding to literature  Guided Reading  Reading Partners  Conferencing  Vocabulary – re-reading  Context clues  Read alouds  Independent reading  Building stamina  RAZ Kids  Lexia  Graphic Organizers  Main Idea 1. Supporting details 2. Drawing conclusions Fourth & Fifth Grades Teach kids that it can be nonfiction topics in a narrative form. Theme – Determine theme Stamina – long and strong Character Analysis Reading strategies Readers Notebook – Author’s purpose fig lang Stop and Jots Reading goals for each student Partner talk/accountable talk Book Clubs Indep. Reading  Choosing a just right book  Understanding themselves as readers Raz kids Lexia Self-monitoring/reflection Guided reading Read alouds/Read is thinking Modeling/Conferencing  Vocabulary/Context Clues Just Words Wilson Reading; CCI

Sixth Grade  Differentiated Texts  Literary Terms (defining/finding in reading)  Realistic Fiction  Lit. circles  Chunking - post-it story for notes  Writing about reading  Text based evidenced based on literature  Reading at home for fun  Building stamina  Comparing fiction/non-fiction (shared traits, different traits)  Academic Vocabulary  Author’s Purpose  Theme  Character Analysis  Partner/group/independent reading  Close reading Seventh Grade  Close reading  Story elements  Discovering/determining theme  IRB’s  Long Walk to Water  Short story unit  Annotating  Chunking the text  Analyzing craft  Compare/Contrast  Determining Meaning

Eighth Grade Close reading of stories, plays, etc. IRB’s Story elements Theme/Central Idea Vocabulary Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Grade Close reading and annotating of short stories, novels, and plays Independent reading units – “How do kids choose books?” Memoir Book talks For literary analysis Selections are guided by genre Teacher approval Non-Narrative Reading

Kindergarten Reading for Information  All About Books  How – to  Questions/ Answer  Noticing & Naming features  Compare/ Contrast  Partnerships  National Geographic/ Time for kids  Read a louds  Shared Reading  Comprehension  Shopping for just right books Choice – fiction/ non-fiction  vocabulary First Grade  Informational Texts - All about “ How To’s” - Gail Gibbons  Reading for Information  Features  Compare and Contrast  Partnerships  Comprehension Skills  Reading Across Genres  Informational  Mentor Text Read Alouds to support writing units

Second Grade Topics of Interests  Research Books – Animals  Technology - Protected websites  Convention/ Features of NF  Scholastic News  Main Idea/ Details  Comparisons

School Wide - Benchmarks - ie: Gail Gibbons Partnership/ Group Work Third Grade Research - Time for Kids - Technology - Main Idea - Details - Important vs. interesting details - Conventions - Biographies - Supporting opinions - Partnerships - Stop & Jot - Finding Answers - Articles - Note-taking - Summarizing - Guided reading - Academic vocabulary - Reports - Skimming

Fourth & Fifth Grade - Editorial mentor texts - Mini-lessons - Content area features of non-narrative texts - Time For Kids - Current events - Stop and Jot - Main idea - Fact/details - Sequence of events - Integrate info-from varied sources to create an informative report - THIEVES Strategy - Reading Strategies - Taking Notes - Summary /reflect - Skim and scan

Sixth Grade - Reading in All content areas - Reading for a purpose: author’s purpose? - Academic content vocab. - Reading current events - Connecting non-fiction to literature - Science - Social Studies - Math: word problems - Identifying literary terms in non-fiction - Post-it note reading - Chunking for understanding

Seventh Grade - Close reading - Annotating - Articles incorporated into units - Citing sources - Research - Creating - Claims & supporting a text-based evidence - Summarizing - Analyzing - Compare/contrast - S.S. connections

Eighth Grade - Identifying Claim - Supporting evidence - Author’s purpose - Text structure - Reading cross-curricular literature - Identifying literary devices/ terms in non-fiction/ fiction - Historical documents Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh & Twelfth Grade - Literary criticism - Current event - Research articles - Poetry - Sample letters/speeches - Historical documents - For Audience and Purpose - Inference - Technique