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=** __Year Plan__ **= Skills ||~ Goal within that Unit ||~ Trimester || Reading Workshop ||= Students will learn about the "personal art" of reading, and expectations for reading workshop. ||= 1 || Comprehension ||= Students will learn how to keep track of their understanding of the story, and if there are any problems, how to identify and fix them. ||= 1 || and Summarizing ||= Students will study examples of reading letters and begin writing them to bring to conferences. Students will learn how to summarize a story, focusing on the following: Who is the main character? What is the main character's primary problem? Why is it a problem or how is it getting solved? When and where does the story take place? ||= 1 || to better understand the text they are reading. ||= 2 || Importance ||= Students will learn how ask a question regarding a nonfiction text, and how to sort information given in a text in regards to what helps answer their question. ||= 2 || //Number the Stars// ||= Students will learn how to develop questions, both clarifying literal understanding and assisting deeper thinking, regarding the reading. Focus will be on not just asking the question, but also on inferring an answer. ||= 2 || to create a new understanding, including predictions as well as the author's purpose. ||= 3 || Language ||= Students will learn about different types of figurative language and practice identifying and interpreting them. ||= 3 || of the story or information given. This is referred to often as the 'so what', as in 'So, what was the point of the story for you personally? ||= 3 || Groups ||= Students will read books independently, but meet with a group of peers to discuss their thinking and use of the strategies to understand the text on multiple levels. ||= 3 || Reading ||= Students will create a list of books to read over the summer. Ideas will come from a variety of places, including book trailers and books talks. Students will also be expected to show where they will get books outside of the school. ||= 3 ||
 * ~ Strategies or
 * = Introduction to
 * = Monitoring
 * = Reading Letters
 * = Connections ||= Students will learn how to use their schema from a variety of sources
 * = Determining
 * = Questioning and
 * = Inferring ||= Students will take the information given in the text and add it to their schema
 * = Figurative
 * = Synthesizing ||= Students will use the other strategies as needed to create a new understanding
 * = Book
 * = Summer