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**

Week 5!

This week, please find a non fiction article (in scholastic news or online) and apply some of the in class strategies we have learned for reading the article.  Below, summarize the main idea of one section using important text evidence as your support.  Please bring in the article with you, I will look at it when we conference about your response.  

Week 4!

How does the setting in the story affect the characters? 

Sample: The story Wonder is set in a private school Beecher Prep.  In this story, this setting has a very big affect on the main character, August.  August has never been to a public school so he is learning to adjust to his new surroundings and the people in it.  In the text, it talks about August visiting the new school.  August asks a question about what homeroom is.  He says, "Um, what exactly is homeroom, is it like a subject?" I know from my own life that if you've gone to school, you would know what homeroom is, but since August is adjusting, he does not.  August is very brave to be facing this new setting.  I'm hoping that he adjusts as the story continues.  

Week 3!

What is the problem in your story?  

Be sure to support your answer with evidence from the text. 

Sample Response: 

In the story, Wonder, I think the problem is that August is different from everyone else.  I think this is a problem because sometimes, other kids can be mean to people who are different.  I think this is mostly because they don't understand the other person.  In the text it says, "But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds." This quote from the text shows me as the reader that August feels different from the other kids.  I think that in this story, August might embrace who he is and that will help him to feel good about being different.  

Week 2!

What book are you reading this week?  Are you enjoying your book?  Why or why not? 

Below, click to add a comment.  It is a good idea to type your comment in google docs or Microsoft word first in case it deletes or the webpage closes.  Be sure to write a thoughtful response that answers the question.  Please remember to use good fourth grade writing (capitals and punctuation).  I can't wait to read what you write.  :) 

Sample Response: This week, I am reading the book Wonder by RJ Palacio.  Although I have already read this book, I am re-reading it to discover new meaning.  I am enjoying this book very much.  I like how the author chooses to change point of view to give the reader a different perspective.  I also like how the author is very descriptive.  It keeps me interested in what I am reading.  

Week 1

What is your favorite thing about reading? 

In the comments below, write what your favorite thing about reading is.  

Sample Response: My favorite thing about reading is going on a new adventure with each book.  I love getting to put myself in the book and imagine that I am the main character facing different obstacles.  This means that when I finish a book, I am always a bit sad that I have to leave my characters and my story, but I know it also means that a new adventure awaits.  

Response Instructions:

Dear Fourth Grade Students and Families: 

Welcome to our class reading response blog.  Here, we will be exploring different questions and topics relating to the books we are reading at home.  At times, this will also serve as a place for us to share book recommendations and talk to one another about the books were are reading. 

Please read below for information on how to access Blogger from school or home and how to submit your responses.  

Happy Reading! 

Miss Reed 

1. Click on the month we are in and find the most recent blog post. 

2. Click on comment at the bottom.

3. Sign in using your google account information.  

4. Comment on the post. Make sure it says your name next to "comment as" 

  **Be sure to answer the question.  Don't just give me a summary of the book.**