There
was a reader, had a book and BINGO was his game-o!
This
year, students will be participating in Reading Bingo. This program is meant to help our students
meet the expectation of reading 6 chapter books every nine weeks.
Each time a student complete a chapter book,
they mark an appropriate box on the Bingo board, found in their Reading
folder. Many books could fit in multiple
boxes, but students may mark only one box for each book. Students have the option of receiving a "Bingo" by completing five boxes in a row (vertically, horizontally, or diagonally) and an additional sixth book, or simply ping-ponging around the board. Students that do get a "Bingo," will earn a prize at the end of the nine weeks. After marking a box students should flip the
board over and complete the corresponding line on the back.
Students
are also responsible for 3 books responses.
They may choose any three books of the six they complete. To help students stay on track with their
responses, deadlines have been assigned and can be found on the back of the
Bingo board. When a student selects a
completed chapter book, they should review the response options found in their
folder. Written response templates can
be found in our Reading Bingo Response File in the classroom. Students are welcome to work on their
responses in class or at home. Once the
response is complete, students should place them in the appropriate page
protector in their Reading folder until the deadline, when they will be
collected by the teacher.
Completion
of the Reading Bingo board and responses is a small portion of students’ ELA
grade. This program allows us to monitor
students’ reading progress and their thinking about the books they read. In correlation with reading logs, this
enables us to closely follow the habits of our readers and assist them in
growing as readers.
To
help your child in this new process:
- Make sure your child is completing their 30 minutes of leisure reading each night. Just like anything in life, practice is needed to grow our skills. To become a better reader, students must read!
- Check to make sure your child is reading “just right” books. These will be books that your child reads with ease, i.e. not too hard and no too easy. They should be able to read about ¾ of a page per minute and should be able to talk about the book in detail. Students can use our “three finger rule” to double check if a book is a good fit!
- Check the planner and newsletter for reminders about deadlines.
- Make sure your child is reading one chapter book at a time. Students should be reading the same book in home and at school, carrying the book between places.
Each nine weeks, students will receive a new Bingo board and start the process over (6 new books, 3 responses). Let the fun begin!
