Radical Reading Responses!

Our recipe for reading
Includes so many things
Good books, great conversation,
and the knowledge these both bring.

So that our teachers know
How our reading is progressing
We write a letter in our journal,
Our opinions we're confessing.

What book are we enjoying?
Do we like it? Why, why not?
Apply the strategy we're learning,
Ask our teachers for their thoughts.

Check out these student samples,
Great examples of each part.
Logging each new chapter book
and responding makes us smart!

Student log of chapter book completion

Student record of additional books they've read
and books they want to read in the future.

Student Responses

Reader's Response Letter Format

Use this format when you write each friendly letter.  Check off each box as you complete it in the letter.

□ Read your teachers’ comments and highlight any questions.

□ Date (upper right hand side)

□ Greeting (Dear _______,) (left)

·        Body – Indent first sentence of each paragraph

□ Paragraph 1: Answer any questions posed by your teachers in your last response.  Introduce what you are currently reading (title & author) and provide a one sentence summary.

□ Paragraph 2: Share your thoughts and opinions; look at the “Discussion Starters” in your Reader’s Response Notebook for ideas.

□ Paragraph 3: Strategy Work – Use the current strategy –

   Predictions, Connections, Questioning, Inferences, Clues in the Context, Sensory Imagery, etc.

□ Paragraph 4: Ask your teachers any questions that you may have.

□ Closing (Sincerely, Your student, Love, Your friend, etc.)

        (Right side lined up with Date)

□ Sign your name (Line up with Closing)