Reading Counts Due Dates for the Year:

*These are subject to change

1^st Nine Weeks: Thursday, September 14^th-10 points due

Wednesday, October 1st- all 20 points due

2^nd Nine Weeks: Thursday, November 5^th -10 points due

Thursday, December 11^th- all 20 points due

3^rd Nine Weeks: Thursday, January 28^th -12 points due

Wednesday, March 5^th - all 24 points due

4^th Nine Weeks: Thursday, April 16^th-12 points due

Thursday, May 14^st - all 24 points due

I reserve the right to alter this policy according to parish mandates.

You will read silently everyday for 15-20 minutes with the following goals:

· Develop an appreciation for pleasure reading

· Increase comprehension levels

· Discover the importance of reading as an essential skill for academic success

Procedures:

· Student participates in SSR daily.

· Student reads within assigned lexile range.

· Student keeps a DAILY log of what is read in class.

· Student keeps a bibliography of completed books.

· Student must pass computerized tests with at least a 70%

· Student must only take tests on books that are recorded in the log and have been read in class.

Grading:

· 20% of Reading grade

· Based equally on participation, book logs, and computerized tests

RC Book List:

A list of the novels** on which you can test is available on the website: stpsb.org

Go to the website, click on schools, click on FJH, click on library, see RC.

**Restricted Quizzes**:

These novels are restricted for various reasons...

usually due to the fact that the novel is included in

the Guaranteed Curriculum.

You may not test on these novels in my classroom:

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Among the Hidden

and Then There Were None (10 Little Indians)

Animal Farm

Brian's Winter

Bridge to Terabithia

the Call of the Wild

the Cay

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

a Christmas Carol

the Devil's Arithmetic

Ella Enchanted

the Face on the Milk Carton

the Giver

Great Expectations

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Hatchet

Holes

Lemony Snicket Series #1-5

the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Little House on the Prairie Series

The Outsiders

Shiloh

Tuck Everlasting

Watsons Go to Birmingham

Where the Red Fern Grows

**Refer to the Handouts page to download the RC Reading Log.**