Last Response!!

Hello Readers!!

For your last response of fourth grade, let's reflect. Please tell me how you've grown as a reader; be sure to be specific and support it with a good explanation. In your response, be sure to tell me how you plan on continuing this growth as you get older and more experienced as a reader. :)

<3, Mrs. Cucinotti

Week 18

Hello Readers!

This week is going to be fun for posting! In preparation for our next unit, I'd like you to think of a commercial that sticks out in your mind. When you respond, please tell me what the commercial is for and why it sticks out in your mind. Try to tell me what this company did in their commercial to persuade you to buy or use their product. :)

<3, Mrs. Cucinotti

                    

Week 17

Hello readers!!!

For this week's response, please again respond using the strategies you've learned in class to the reading you are doing independently, outside of the classroom. It may help you to use the sentence starters

• In the text when...
• Makes me think...
• Because...

Remember that the first part is when you copy directly out of the text (a direct quote). Please use the rubric I attached to help make your response fabulous!

<3 Mrs. Cucinotti

Week 16

Hello readers!!!

For this week's response, please respond using the strategies you've learned in class to the reading you are doing independently, outside of the classroom. It may help you to use the sentence starters

• In the text when...
• Makes me think...
• Because...

Remember that the first part is when you copy directly out of the text (a direct quote). Please use the rubric I attached to help make your response fabulous!

<3 Mrs. Cucinotti

Week 15

I hope you loved hearing Wonder as our read aloud. For this week's post, please use the appendix from Wonder titled "Mr. Browne's Precepts".

A precept is a general rule to follow regarding behavior. Mr. Browne wrote a precept for each of his students. If you were a student in his class, what would your precept be? Why would this be your precept?

After selecting your precept, be sure to include the following in your post...

• restate the precept you choose for yourself
• explain what this precept means
• explain why this precept applies to you

Happy reading!!

Week 14

Please use the text How to Build a Japanese Fighter Kite to respond to this weeks question.

What does the word "deft" mean in paragraph 3? What context clues helped you understand the meaning of the word deft?

Happy reading!!

Week 13

Please use the poem "The Rainy Morning" to answer the following question.  Don't forget to look at the rubric and my previous comments to make sure your work is the best it can be!!

What is the general mood in the first two STANZAS of "The Rainy Morning"?  Choose an answer from the options below and support your thinking with evidence from the poem.  :)

• the cheerful sun is the father of rain
• a rainy day can make you feel sad
• when you're unhappy, it always seems to be raining
• rain is better than sunshine

Week 12

Please use the text The Monarch Butterfly: Nature's Timekeeper to respond to this week's question. Happy reading!

What evidence does the author give to support the idea that the people of Michoacan still honor the monarch butterfly? Give at least two details from the text to support your answer.

Week 11

Keep Smiling

For this week's reading response, please read the poem Keep Smiling.  After reading respond by answering the following:

• What does the line Happiness can lift your spirits mean?
• What 2 lines from the poem have the same meaning?

Happy reading!!

Week 10!

This week, we will be practicing writing Write Longs for our reading response.  Please make a claim about one of the following and support it with 3 pieces of text evidence and support.  Remember to close it out with an opinion or reflection.  
                         **Please choose the claim opposite of the one you chose last week!**

Claim Options: 

      - The theme of your book (big idea/ lesson)

     -  An adjective to describe a character (character trait)

Week 9!

This week, we will be practicing writing Write Longs for our reading response.  Please make a claim about one of the following and support it with 3 pieces of text evidence and support.  Remember to close it out with an opinion or reflection.

Claim Options: 

      - The theme of your book (big idea/ lesson)

     -  An adjective to describe a character (character trait)

     

Week 8!

Choose an independent reading book and write a summary of the book.  Keep in mind that good summaries just state the facts of what the book is about without giving their opinion. Be sure to reference the rubric this week to help you with your response.  

Happy Reading!! 

Week 7!

Choose a pourquoi tale that we read in class.  What is the theme of this pourquoi.  Be sure to support you answer with text evidence.  Using the write long format may be helpful.  

Week 6

Choose a character from your independent reading book and determine whether they are the protagonist (good character) or antagonist (bad character) in the story. Use text evidence to support your thinking. (Hint: Doing this in a write long format will help).  

                                        **Refer to your rubric before submitting**