You may choose from any of the following reading response options or create one of your own for your weekly required reading responses.

 

For fiction:

Write about the main problem and solution in the story.

 

 

Write about a character trait (smart, helpful, mean, etc.) for one of the main characters. Give proof from the story. (The mother was helpful because she _________.)

 

 

Describe the setting including where and when the story takes place.

 

 

Make a connection to one of the characters in the story—did something similar happen to you? How did you feel about it?

 

 

What was your favorite part of the story and why?

 

 

Tell why you liked/disliked the book.

 

For non-fiction:

What are 2 new facts you learned about the topic?

 

 

Write about 2 text features that you found in the informational text. What did you learn from each one? (I learned from a photograph that a frog can have stripes.)

 

 

Tell why you liked/disliked the book.