Reading is not just saying the words, but understanding what has been read.

Good readers:

ask questions when they read

make predictions

use their background knowledge

make connections

create mental pictures as they read

can summarize what they have read

use their "inner voice" to have a conversation with text

Books we read:

Jake Drake: Bully Buster

This Place is Wet

Choice Books:
  For the rest of the year, students have opportunities in class to choose among 3 or 4 books. For those titles, we will meet in small groups to discuss our books.