Our Reading week contains:

Word Work, Guided Reading, Reading to Self, Reading to Others, reviews, and writing time. 

First and second marking periods we will focus on Literature. 

First marking period we will work on:

Summarizing

Theme

Citing evidence to support inferences

Comparing and contrasting characters

Context Clues

Second marking period we will work on:

Citing evidence to support inferences

Comparing and Contrasting Characters

Events told from different Points of View 

Comparing and Contrasting stories from the same genre with similar themes

Context Clues

Third and Fourth marking periods we focus on Non-fiction.

Third Marking Period we will work on:

Main Idea(s)

Citing evidence

Context Clues

Fourth Marking Period we will work on:

Cite evidence

Compare and contrast texts written from different perspectives

Text Structure

Integrating information from several texts

Context Clues

We will use many resources (including StoryTown) to accomplish our goals each marking period.