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Reading Textbook:

  1. Go to: https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/
  2. Select California
  3. Select: Irvine Unif School District
  4. Select: University Park Elementary
  5. Click the Box that says “Remember My Organization”
  6. See the table below for User Names and Passwords. Both are case sensitive.

          Grade: 5                Username: grade5                 Password: student
     7. Click on the word Library

     8. Select the Language Arts Text


The Relationship Between Standardized Test Scores and Independent Reading
Dick Anderson, University of Illinois

Standardized Scores                            Independent Reading

98th Percentile                                    65 minutes per day at home
                                                             67 minutes per day in school
                                                            Exposed to 9 million words per year

90th Percentile                                    21 minutes per day at home
                                                            33 minutes per day at school
                                                            Exposed to 4 million words per year

50th Percentile                                    5 minutes per day at home
                                                            10 minutes per day in school
                                                            Exposed to less than 1 million words per year


When asking questions about reading, people tend to ask questions in the "knowledge" category 80% to 90% of the time. These questions are not bad, but using them all the time is.  To help increase comprehension, try to utilize higher order level of questions. These questions require much more "brain power" and a more extensive and elaborate answer. Below are the six question categories as defined by Bloom.



BLOOM’S QUESTIONS

FOR LITERATURE

Evaluation

Would you recommend this book to your friend?  Why?  Why not?

Tell me about the best ____________________.  Why is it the best?

What do you think will happen to ________________________?  Why do you think that?

Could this story really have happened?  Why/ why not?

Which person in the story would you most like to meet?  Why?

Was ___________________ good or bad?  Why?                                                                                  

 

Synthesis

What would it be like if …                                                                                                   

What would it be like to live …

Did anything happen to you like…

Pretend you are …

Tell a different ending.

What would have happened if…

 

Analysis

What things would you have used …

What other ways could …

What things are similar/different …

What part of this story was most exciting, funny, sad …?

What things couldn’t have happened in real life?

What kind of person is …

What was the message the author was trying to give us?

 

Application

What would happen to you if …

Would you have done the same as …

If you were there would you …

How would you solve this problem in your own life?

In the library, find the information about … 

Comprehension                                                             Knowledge

Tell me in your own words…                                              Where did …

What does it mean …                                                                        What was …

Give me an example of …                                                     Who was/were…

Describe what …                                                                   Name the …

Illustrate the part of the story that …                                 Locate the story where …

What does the word __________ mean?                                 List the …

Make a map of ________________________.


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