Reading Comprehension Strategies - Non-Fiction for Third Grade Readers

In this ongoing class, we will review vocabulary words related to the text and will read through the short article or excerpt from a story.  We will practice nonfiction comprehension activities such as fact/opinion, main idea and details, summarizing, and locating details to support our thinking in the text.   Students will be encouraged to read parts of the text, participate in shared reading of certain words or phrases, discuss the text, and if time permits write a sentence or two about the text with assistance as needed.  My teaching style is laid back and students will be encouraged and praised when they participate.  

I have many years of experience teaching literacy in small groups, and 1:1, and in a classroom setting from grades 1-4 and I look forward to sharing my love of non-fiction with new students.  





Week of 6/20 Make the Switch
Week of 6/27 Mount St. Helens
*** No classes week of 7/4 ***
Week of 7/11 Safe Water Not a Safe Bet
Week of 7/18 New Discoveries at Pompei
Week of 7/25 No More Thirsty Crops
Week of 8/1 OSIRIS-REx Investigates Asteroid Gr. 3
Week of 8/8 Out of Hiding in Honduras
Week of 8/15 Raise a Puppy, Make a Difference
** No class week of 8/22 **
Week of 8/29 River to Nowhere
Week of 9/5 Simone Biles
Week of 9/12 Subway Reefs
Week of 9/19 To Find a New Species, Listen Carefully
Week of 9/26 Seattle's Gum Wall Problem
Week of 10/3 Venus Flytraps Can Count
Week of 10/10 We Need it Now
Week of 10/17 When Lightning Strikes
Week of 10/24 Why Recycle?
Week of 10/31 Working Cats
Week of 11/7 Working Under Pressure
Week of 11/14 Zika Outbreak