Unit 1: Launching strong reading habits
Students will:
Have strong reading habits inside a reading life:
Have strong reading habits inside a reading life:
- Create strong habits to make their reading the best it can be.
- Create goals for their reading that are important and realistic
- Choose just-right books so they can be strong readers
- Pick up the pace of the reading to read as much as they can
- See the story in their mind as they read to understand what they have read
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Know text is important:
- Stop, reread, and think to clear up confusion
- Take the time to figure out unfamiliar words and keep on reading
- See a movie in their mind to keep track of what is happening in their text.
- Choose their attitude towards reading
Read with and learn from other readers:
- Share their reading habits with their reading partners
- Talk to their partners about the books they have read
- Retell sections of text
- Listen to others with open minds
- Reflect on ways they've changed as readers