03/01 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Historical Fiction Book Club
• Example Response Topics
• Book Club Outline:
  

  Book Club Members:

  Club Name:

  Meeting Spot:

  Materials All Members Bring to Meetings:

  Consequence of Not Being Prepared for Meeting:

• Set your reading assignments for the month (there are 7 meetings to divide your book into).
• Set your response assignment for tonight.
2. Spring Conference Preparation:
• Finish your Spring Conference ThingLink and check it using the Rubric.
• Post your project to the Spring Conference Community Document
3. Reread "Sam Adams: Patriarch of Liberty" then answer the comprehension questions.
4. Free choice read for at least 20 minutes
5. Complete activities that help YOU become a better reader:
• Work on your Spring Conference ThingLink
• Read MORE Fiction and/or Non-Fiction
• Practice Spelling/Vocabulary
• Practice Fluency with a partner
• Practice comparing and contrasting two or more stories from the same genre by reading two articles from this site.
• Practice determining importance at Into the Book (you will click on the flashlight once you are into the program).
• Practice using commas: In a series, after introduction, to separate yes and no, to set off a tag question, and to address a person at Comma Chameleon or Save the Comma
• Practice grammar skills by completing and reading MadLibs