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Each Month Students are expected to do a book Report as a home work assignment.
Kids are asked to select a Just Right Book. This means a book that would take them about 2 weeks to read if they read half an hour a day. The file below is a link to the directions for each book report as well as how it will be marked. These will be discussed in class, and students will get a copy of the instructions at the beginning of each month. |
Every month students will be assigned a Book Report project to complete based on a different genre, or type of book, we are reading. We will be learning about that type of book during that month. Here are the genres we will be learning about each month.
September - Historical Fiction
What is Historical Fiction?
•The story is imaginary, but the setting and many details are true and based on real facts.
•Usually tied to a major event in history.
Due Sept. 27 We did puppet shows!
October- Informational Text
What is Informational Text?
• A book/magazine/newspaper about a real life subject/fact.
• The purpose is inform/explain.
• Can contain pictures, graphs, diagrams, charts, maps, or captions to help the reader understand.
Due Oct. 30
Students will be reading a book about an animal on Epic and completing the following Graphic Organizer. The reading of the book will be done at school, but there may be homework to compete the reading response.
September - Historical Fiction
What is Historical Fiction?
•The story is imaginary, but the setting and many details are true and based on real facts.
•Usually tied to a major event in history.
Due Sept. 27 We did puppet shows!
October- Informational Text
What is Informational Text?
• A book/magazine/newspaper about a real life subject/fact.
• The purpose is inform/explain.
• Can contain pictures, graphs, diagrams, charts, maps, or captions to help the reader understand.
Due Oct. 30
Students will be reading a book about an animal on Epic and completing the following Graphic Organizer. The reading of the book will be done at school, but there may be homework to compete the reading response.
November- Mystery
What is Mystery?
• A story or genre that focuses on solving a crime or an unusual event.
• There can be a detective, suspect(s), a lead (or red herring- false lead), evidence, a crime, witnesses, and/or clues.
Due Nov. 29
December- Fantasy
What is Fantasy?
•Make-believe- It cannot happen
•Magical places or things
•Talking animals or objects
Due Dec. 20
January- Science Fiction
What is Science Fiction?
•Supernatural events
•About science, technology, or future events
•Somewhat believable, partially true
•It could happen...
Due Jan. 30
February- Biography
What is Biography
• A true story (non-fiction).
• Written to inform the reader about a person’s life.
• Chronological order- beginning to end.
• Written about people that have done important things during their life.
• An autobiography is a book a person writes about himself or herself.
Due Feb. 27
March- Folktales
What is a Folktale?
• Has been passed by word of mouth for many years before being written down.
• Has changed each time it has been retold.
• Many involve mythical creatures and transformations.
• They come from many different cultures.
• Usually teach a lesson- explain things about life or nature.
• Can be Fairytales, Myths, Legends, Fables, Tall Tales.
Due March 28
April- Poetry
What is Poetry?
• Verse written to create a response of thought and feelings from the reader.
• Expresses feelings and emotions.
• Can contain figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia.
• It can rhyme.
• Can be short or long.
• Sometimes has compete sentences, sometimes not.
Due April 30
May- Realistic Fiction
What is Realistic Fiction?
• The events, people, and places may be real, but the story is not real.
• It could happen in real life
Due May 30
June- We are studying outdoor adventure books. No Book Report this Month- Go outside and play- that's your homework!
What is Mystery?
• A story or genre that focuses on solving a crime or an unusual event.
• There can be a detective, suspect(s), a lead (or red herring- false lead), evidence, a crime, witnesses, and/or clues.
Due Nov. 29
December- Fantasy
What is Fantasy?
•Make-believe- It cannot happen
•Magical places or things
•Talking animals or objects
Due Dec. 20
January- Science Fiction
What is Science Fiction?
•Supernatural events
•About science, technology, or future events
•Somewhat believable, partially true
•It could happen...
Due Jan. 30
February- Biography
What is Biography
• A true story (non-fiction).
• Written to inform the reader about a person’s life.
• Chronological order- beginning to end.
• Written about people that have done important things during their life.
• An autobiography is a book a person writes about himself or herself.
Due Feb. 27
March- Folktales
What is a Folktale?
• Has been passed by word of mouth for many years before being written down.
• Has changed each time it has been retold.
• Many involve mythical creatures and transformations.
• They come from many different cultures.
• Usually teach a lesson- explain things about life or nature.
• Can be Fairytales, Myths, Legends, Fables, Tall Tales.
Due March 28
April- Poetry
What is Poetry?
• Verse written to create a response of thought and feelings from the reader.
• Expresses feelings and emotions.
• Can contain figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia.
• It can rhyme.
• Can be short or long.
• Sometimes has compete sentences, sometimes not.
Due April 30
May- Realistic Fiction
What is Realistic Fiction?
• The events, people, and places may be real, but the story is not real.
• It could happen in real life
Due May 30
June- We are studying outdoor adventure books. No Book Report this Month- Go outside and play- that's your homework!
