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4^th Grade Reading

	Independent Reading Homework Genre Study or Skills Practice	Reading Response Journal	Guided Reading – In Class Assignments	Word Study
Monday 1/05/09	Read for 20 minutes for your Genre Study - Biography Next Assignment Due 1/30/09		Staff Development for me – no school for you! Happy New Year!!!
Tuesday 1/06/09	Read for 20 minutes for your Genre Study	Weekly Assignment – Due Friday Patricia Polacco Book Choose a book and read it during class today. After you finish, choose an appropriate response journal question, and write your answer in your journal. Illustrate your writing. CHALLENGE: Incorporate at least vocabulary words from the list posted in the classroom. Draw a box around each word you use.	Weekly Assignment – Due Friday Patricia Polacco Book Choose a book and read it during class today. After you finish, choose an appropriate response journal question, and write your answer in your journal. Illustrate your writing. CHALLENGE: Incorporate at least vocabulary words from the list posted in the classroom. Draw a box around each word you use.	Vocabulary for Achievement Lesson 16 – Roots and Suffixes Parts A & B
Wednesday 1/07/09	Read for 20 minutes for your Genre Study		Snow Treasure – Novel Study Begins Developing Prior Knowledge Making Predictions KWL Chart	Parts C & D
Thursday 1/08/09	Read for 20 minutes for your Genre Study			Part E
Friday 1/09/09	Read for 20 minutes for your Genre Study			NHW

Here are some dictionary sites you may use if you need them.

http://www.hyperdictionary.com/

http://www.m-w.com/

http://onelook.com/

December Genre Study – Biography

Due 12-17- 08

1. As you read your book, on a piece of notebook paper, write down the important facts and events that impacted your famous person. Be sure to include the following:
• Date it occurred
• What the fact or event was
• Page in your book on which you found it

2. Schedule a conference with me to go over you list. When I approve your notes, I will give the paper your need to complete a time line on your famous person.
3. Hint: Try to finish your notes and book by Wed. 12/10. That will give you one full week to complete your time line.

4. Complete your time Line by choosing the ten most important events and adding the dates chronologically on the time line. If the event was a happy event, you will draw a symbol that represents the event above the line. If the event is an unhappy event you will draw the symbol to represent it below the time line. The ten events should span the persons lifetime.

4^th Grade – Genre Study Schedule for 2008-2009

	4D	4F	4S	4P	4A
September	Realistic Fic	Mystery	Fantasy	Mystery	Free Choice due 9/30
October	Free Choice	Realistic Fic	Mystery	Fantasy	Historic Fic Due 10/30
November	Historic Fic	Free Choice	Realistic fic	Historic Fic	Fantasy Due11/21
December	Biography	Biography	Biography	Biography	Biography Due12/17
January	Fantasy	Historic Fic	Free Choice	Realistic Fic	Mystery Due 1/30
February	Mystery	Fantasy	Historic Fic	Free Choice	Realistic Fic Due 2/27
March	Non-Fiction	Non-Fiction	Non-Fiction	Non-Fiction	Non-Fiction Due 3/31
April	Poetry	Poetry	Poetry	Poetry	Poetry Due 4/30
May	Non-Fiction	Non-Fiction	Non-Fiction	Non-Fiction	Non-Fiction Due 5/22

READING

Enrichment Activity # 1 / Book Adventure Reading Inventory:

For a start, go to http://www.bookadventure.com/

Create a home user account. Follow the directions for selecting your book genres. Then, print out your book list. Use this list to purchase books for home reading. You can also download electronic versions of the books on your booklist from Book Adventure at:

http://www.ebooks.com/subjects/Childrens-Young-Adult-Fiction/

Enrichment Activity # 2 / Story time at your local bookstores

Barnes and Noble (Prestonwood Location) http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com/storedetail.do?store=2268

Enrichment Activity # 3 / Public Library Kids Pages on the Internet

Dallas Public Library Kids Page http://dallaslibrary.org/kids.htm

Websites worth exploring:

http://www.eduplace.com/tacklereading/menu.html

http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/ (For parents)

http://www.funbrain.com/showcase.html (Fun games to explore)