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Reading for
pleasure is an important part of Imagination Integration. All students
are required to have a chapter book at their seat for transition times,
as well as for O.T.T.E.R. (Our Time To Enjoy
Reading). O.T.T.E.R, a time set aside for sustained silent
reading, is built in to our schedule somewhere each day.
Where can a you find a book? Well, in addition to the school library, students in
Imagination Integration have access to well over
1,000 titles in our class library. We would also encourage regular trips to the public
library as well. It is a wonderful source of new and classic titles,
especially when looking for some of those pesky genre list books, like
Folktales and Myths/Legends.
You might also check this site when
looking for a good book to read, it is a searchable database of
award-wining children's literature: Database
of Award-Winning Children's Literature,
 We
also take advantage of the opportunity to participate in the Scholastic
Book Club. We believe this a terrific, and very affordable,
chance for students to build their own library of great books. It also
helps to increase the classroom library with titles all can share in. If
you are new to book clubs please ask us for more details or visit the
Scholastic Book Club's Parent's
Guide to Book Clubs.
Parent Note: Please make book order checks payable to
"Scholastic Books".
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At Home Reading Requirements:
Radical Reader - 320 minutes per month, or 20 minutes per
night, four nights per week. Students may read whatever they choose,
i.e. books, newspapers, kids magazines (such as, Sports Illustrated for
Kids or Zoobooks). Each nights reading gets logged on the
monthly Radical Reader sheet and is turned in by the third school
day of the following month.
Genre Reading - Students must read one book (125 pages or
longer) from each of the 12 Literature
Genre on their Genre Reading Log by the end of the school year. To
help encourage organizational skill development, the student must read
from three different genre each nine weeks.
For example, Katie #32 might read one novel
from Historical Fiction, one from Mystery, and one from Folktales during
the first nine weeks. In the second nine weeks, Katie #32 might read a
book of Short Stories, our class Poetry book, Kaleidoscope, and a
Science Fiction thriller. And so on, and so forth. This avoids the last of the year rush to
"catch-up" on genres not yet read.
Additionally, the students must complete a
"You Be the Judge" book evaluation sheet for each of the genre
books read. This sheet is completed in class (Although, they may work on
them at home.) and gets put in the Library Genre Title Resource
Book so other students can refer to it when looking for a particular
genre title.
Student Note:
All Radical Reader and Genre List requirements must be met in
order to participate fully in each semester's "Read-In."
Parent Note: Please
take a moment to go here and see what
you can do at home to help your child become a better reader.
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