Who s Reading What? Pocket Chart Kit

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1 Who s Reading What? Pocket Chart Kit Congratulations on your purchase of this Really Good Stuff Who s Reading What? Pocket Chart Kit a fun organizational system that helps you and your students track classroom library books. This Really Good Stuff product includes: Who s Reading What? Pocket Chart, with magnetic strip 50 Self-stick Library Book Pockets 50 Owl Book Cards 36 Name Cards This Really Good Stuff Activity Guide Cleaning and Storing the Who s Reading What? Pocket Chart Kit Keep your Pocket Chart in good condition by wiping it occasionally with a damp sponge. Fold the Pocket Chart horizontally along the stitching lines for easy storage. Assembling and Displaying the Who s Reading What? Pocket Chart Kit Before introducing the Who s Reading What? Pocket Chart Kit, make copies of this Really Good Stuff Activity Guide, cut apart the reproducibles, and file the pages for future use. Or, download another copy of it from our Web site at Hang the Who s Reading What? Pocket Chart on a magnetic surface or chart stand where students will be able to interact with it easily. Decide which books you want to use with this Pocket Chart and whether students can check more than one book out at a time. Place a sticky Library Book Pocket in each classroom library book and use a permanent marker to write the name of each book on an Owl Book Card. Slip each Owl Book Card into its Library Book Pocket. Write the name of each student on a Name Card. Place the Name Cards in the pockets on the Pocket Chart. Introducing the Who s Reading What? Pocket Chart Kit Point to the Pocket Chart and discuss how the owl is going to help everyone keep track of the classroom books that each student is reading. Explain that this is a fun way to check out books from the classroom library. Hold up a book that contains a Book Pocket and model how to check out a book by removing the Owl Book Card and placing it on the Pocket Chart behind a student s Name Card. Explain to students that once they finish reading a book, they are to check the book back in by removing the Owl Book Card from behind their name and returning it to the Library Book Pocket in the book. If students are allowed to check out more than one book, tell students to stack the Owl Book Cards behind their Name Cards. Look What My Book Was About Copy and distribute the Look What My Book Was About Reproducible. Invite younger students to draw a picture showing a scene that depicts what the book was about. Encourage older students to draw a picture on the reproducible and write what their book was about on an attached sheet of lined paper. You might get students started by suggesting that they draw and/or write about a favorite part of the book, a favorite character, how the book ended, or the setting. Invite students to share these book responses with their classmates. If you have multiple copies of a particular book, have a group of students read the book and share their responses with each other, using their drawings as a starting point for a book discussion. Display the reproducibles on a bulletin board for students to refer to when they re looking for a new book. Who s Reading This Book? Bookmark Make several copies of the Who s Reading This Book? Bookmark Reproducible. Invite students to color the bookmark and use it to keep their place in the books they are reading. Look What I ve Read Copy and distribute the Look What I ve Read Reproducible. Have students keep track of the books they have read and the dates that they finish reading each one. Ask students to keep the reproducibles in their reading folders so you can periodically collect them to monitor how long they have been reading their books. Invite students to tell you about the books they are reading. When a student completes 10 books, collect the reproducible, and give the student a new copy. Give a Hoot Challenge Activity Make several copies of the Give a Hoot Challenge Activity Cards Reproducible; cut them apart; paperclip like cards together and store them in a folder. Periodically, choose challenge activity cards to give to students to complete for the book they have checked out. Place any needed supplies to complete an activity on a table near the Pocket Chart so students have easy access to them. All activity guides can be found online: Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2010 Really Good Stuff Made in Guangzhou, China #159070

2 Look What My Book Was About Reproducible Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2010 Really Good Stuff Made in Guangzhou, China #159070

3 Who s Reading This Book? Bookmark Reproducible Give a Hoot Challenge Activity Cards Reproducible Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2010 Really Good Stuff Made in Guangzhou, China #159070

4 Look What I ve Read Reproducible Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2010 Really Good Stuff Made in Guangzhou, China #159070

5 Month-by-Month Vocabulary Words Posters Set Congratulations on your purchase of the Really Good Stuff Month-by-Month Vocabulary Words Posters Set a handy display of monthly words to help students with their reading and writing assignments throughout the year. This Really Good Stuff product includes: 2 Two-sided Month-by-Month Vocabulary Words Posters, Write Again wipe-off laminate This Really Good Stuff Activity Guide Assembling and Displaying the Month-by-Month Vocabulary Words Posters Set Before you separate and display the Month-by-Month Vocabulary Words Posters Set, make copies of this Really Good Stuff Activity Guide and file the pages for future use. Or, download another copy of it from our Web site at Separate the Posters along the perforated lines, choose the Poster for the current month, and hang it where students will be able to see it easily. Always use a dry erase marker on the Posters in order to preserve their Write Again wipe-off laminate surface. Introducing the Month-by-Month Vocabulary Words Posters Set Remind students that there are words to describe things that happen in each month, such as the word valentine during the month of February or pumpkin during October. Explain to students that they will see these monthly words while reading or want to use them in their writing each month but may not find them on their regular word wall. Point to the Poster, and have a student read the name of the month. Read the first word aloud, and ask students to discuss why this particular word is used during this month. Continue introducing each word to students. After all the words are introduced, encourage students to refer to the Poster to help them while reading and to use these monthly words when writing. Month-by-Month Vocabulary Words Each month, make one copy of the Month-by-Month Vocabulary Words Reproducible, and label it with the current month s words. Copy and distribute the reproducible and tell students to draw and color monthly objects around the border and store it in their reading folder for reference throughout the month. At the end of the month, collect the reproducibles and store them in a folder. At the end of the year, return the reproducibles, and have students gather them into a booklet to take home. Variation: Each month, copy and distribute the Month-by- Month Vocabulary Words Reproducible, and have students label it with the current month and words; then decorate it with monthly objects. Adding Classroom Words Each Poster provides spaces for listing additional words for the month. Use a dry erase marker to record additional words for that month. Also, challenge students to find additional appropriate words in their reading materials: Copy the Month-by-Month Cards Reproducibles, and place them in your literacy center. Tell students that when they find another word to add to the display, they are to label a card from the reproducible with the new word and decorate the card with some representation of the word in the border. Introduce any new words to other students, and then display them around the Poster. Seasonal Monthly Poems Copy and distribute the Poem Card Reproducible. Tell students that they are to write a poem for a greeting card that features some of the words from the Poster. To demonstrate, write the following poem on the board, and read it out loud. Back to School Labor Day has come and gone. The weather is getting cool. New books and paper and pencils It s time for back to school. Direct students to cut out the card from the reproducible. Demonstrate how to fold the card, and have students fold their cards and fill in the name of the month on the front. Instruct students that they are to write their poem on a sheet of paper until they are satisfied with the final draft. Have students title their poems, fill in the back of the card, and then record the final draft of their poem on the lines on the inside of the card. Urge students to decorate their cards, and display the cards around the Poster. Or, each month, choose new recipients for the cards. Some suggestions for recipients are: students in another classroom school staff, such as maintenance workers, cafeteria workers, and bus drivers the principal all students in the school by displaying the cards in the media center people in a nursing home children in the hospital U.S. soldiers or veterans All activity guides can be found online: Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2011 Really Good Stuff Made in USA #160117C

6 Poem Card Reproducible Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2011 Really Good Stuff Made in USA #160117C-XXXX

7 Month-by-Month Vocabulary Words Reproducible Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2011 Really Good Stuff Made in USA #160117C

8 Month-by-Month Cards Reproducible Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2011 Really Good Stuff Made in USA #160117C