Here are some video tips about how to spot a book that is TOO HARD or TOO EASY.
The students will also show you how to tell if the book is a Reading Counts book.
Enjoy!
Here is a link to the Reading Counts list!
Advanced students: When leaving a comment, if you want to put your book title in italics, use the italics HTML code!
For example:
Have you ever learned a new word from a book? Teach us the new word!
What genre do you like and why?
Mystery? Fantasy? Adventure? Realistic Fiction? Nonfiction?
Advanced students: When leaving a comment, if you want to put your book title in italics, use the italics HTML code!
Will look like this when you click publish:
The Lost and Found is one of my favorite stories.
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book is from the fantasy genre. It's called The Tale of Despereaux.
My favorite genre is non-fiction because I like to learn about history and sports players from the past.
I like learning about famous artists from the past, and that's non-fiction too!
I like to read the series Katie Kazoo Switcheroo!
I like a book series from the mystery genre called Nancy Drew.
I enjoy the series Magic Treehouse from the fantasy genre, but they take place in real places.
Sincerely,
Jamie, Aidan,Ella, Leah,Ariel, and Justin
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteMy favorite genre is fantasy because I think fantasy is really exciting when the characters go to unusual places and find unusual things there. I love fantasy!
Your student,
Ella
Dear Mrs.Ranney,
ReplyDeleteI love Nancy Drew books!Nancy is a
detective. She works with her best friend's Bess & George.They are great detectives.
Your student,
Ariel
@Ella, you gave a very good reason for why you like fantasy! Great comment!
ReplyDelete@Ariel,Nancy Drew books were some of my favorites when I was young too! You're right, Nancy and her friends are great detectives!
Regards,
Mrs. Ranney
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteMy favorite genre is fantasy. The reasons I like fantasy is that more things can happen than in the real world because it is made up. One of my favorite books is the Tale of Despereaux. I can't wait to find out what my classmate's favorite genres are.
Your Student,
Jamie
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteWhen I got home my mom and I went on the list and we found a reading counts book.
@Ella every time I go on the blog I see a coment from you. I think it's awesome that you go on so much.
Your Friend,
Jamie
@Jamie,
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you found a Reading Counts book!
I'm also glad to see so many comments from you on the blog! Keep up the good work!
Best,
Mrs. Ranney
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteToday I finished my book. It was really good and I wrote the book tag. I can't wait to start the next book!
Your Student,
Jamie
Dear Mrs. Ranney's class,
ReplyDeleteI had Mrs. Ranney last year also, with the same Reading Counts
process that you all have. Mrs. Ranney probably has told you all this before, that an A is 3 books, a B is two books, a C is 1 book, and 0 books is no credit for the month. After the 1st month of the process, every following month you will have to write a booktag, which is a little summary of the story you have read. For example, if you pass 3 tests (you need to get 7/10 or better to pass) with 2 booktags you get a B. At the end of the month, Mrs.Ranney gives out awards for most books read in each month and most words read.
That's mostly everything I can remember since I'm in 4th grade now, from a very exciting and long summer.
Sincerely,
Carson (From Mrs. Kaplan's class)
P.S. Have an amazing year with Mrs. Ranney!
@Carson,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting the blog and leaving such an informative comment! Please come back and visit often.
Have a great 4th grade year.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Ranney
Dear Mrs.Ranney,
ReplyDeleteI love to read as reading can take you so many places. It's like a whole other world.
What I also like about reading is if it is an adventure story it feels very exciting. When you are reading a book, it feels amazing to me besause I always feel like I am insidc the story. That's why I love love love to read.
Your Student,
Carly
Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Mrs.Webb-Scheers and I teach Grade 4. We have created our first ever class blog this year and it is called "The Classroom Connection". We found your blog from one of the blogs that we follow with our class (Mrs. Yollis' Blog). We wanted to let you know that we think your blog is pretty cool. We really liked how you find Reading Counts books. In our classroom, we follow a program called "The Daily 5" and so we choose books alittle differently than you do at your school. Here is how we do it: First, we think of the phrase "I PICK" when we are selecting a book for independent reading. We think about or answer the questions that each letter stands for and if at the end, we are able to answer them all...we have ourselves a Just-Right Reading book. The I stands for "I choose a book", the P stands for "What is my purpose for reading?", the I stands for "Does the book interest me?", the C stands for "Do I comprehend what I am reading?" and lastly the K stands for "Do I know most of the words?". For the K, we use your exact same strategy of counting the words on the page as you do. We just thought we would share how we select books with your class. Feel free to check out our blog(http://kwebb.edublogs.org)
From,
Mrs. Webb-Scheers and the students of 4WS
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteI love to read! No matter where I am I always bring a book. My two favorite genres are fiction and non fiction. I like fiction because the adventure can take you anywhere real place or not. I enjoy non fiction because I like learning about history through books. One of my favorite series is Harry Potter. It is genre is fantasy.
All the best,
Jamie
Dear Mrs.Ranney,
ReplyDeleteGuess what? I am just like Jamie, I also Love to bring my book everywhere. My two favorite genres are books are fiction and non fiction. I like fiction because it feels like you are on your own adventure. I like non fiction because you can learn lots of new things. I love to read so much, and my older sister also loves to read.
Yours Truly,
Carly
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading Travel Team by Mike Lupica. It is not a Reading Counts book but I have finished one other book which was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Happy New Year!
Best,
Jamie :)
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteRight now I am reading The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady. I have read all of the other books in the series and they are fantastic books.
@Carly
I am like you and I love to read so much it feels like I'm in the book.
I have some questions:
What book are you reading right now?
What is your favorite book?
What is your favorite series?
Happy New Year!
All the best,
Jamie:)
@Jamie
ReplyDeleteI think that it is astounding that you are currently reading the book Travel Team. I wonder if I will try to read a book that is not a reading counts book, but first I have to read three reading counts books first.
I have a question:
Is the book Travel Team good?
Happy New Year!
Warm Regards,
Carly:)
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteHello, this is Carly and Jamie. We have really enjoyed having reading counts this year.
@Ella
One of our favorite genres is also fantasy. We also love some other genres. They are:
non-fiction, fiction, and realistic fiction. We hope that you have a lot of fun reading fantasy!
We have a question:
What is your favorite book, that you have read?
Happy New Year!
Regards,
Carly and Jamie
@Jamie
ReplyDeleteI am not sure what my favorite book is, or my favorite series. The book that I just finished yesterday is called Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing. I think that it is a marvelous book.
I have some questions:
Have you ever read that book?
What is your favorite book?
What is your favorite series?
Do you like the book The Blossoms And The Vulture Lady?
Happy New Year!
Best,
Carly:)
@Jamie
ReplyDeleteOops! I meant to say, did you like the book The Blossoms Meet The Vulture Lady.
Sorry!
Warmly,
Carly:)
Dear Mrs. Ranney,
ReplyDeleteI can’t believe how many words everybody read in all for reading counts! January was a month full of busy readers in our class. One thing that I didn’t know was that the average is 43,000 for a student. I am so surprised that so many students read over that amount of words! Another thing that surprised me was, to see how many words the whole class read in all. It was also very impressive.
I have a question:
Did it take a long time to check all of the book tags?
Yours,
Carly:)
Dear Mrs. Ranney and Class,
ReplyDeleteI can’t believe that reading counts will be over on Monday. It seems like we just started reading counts. Also, I am so excited to find out how many words I have read in the whole entire school year, and I also can’t wait to learn who the person that read the most words is.
There are some people in our class that have been reading like crazy! Our top readers are also amazing bloggers.
Warm Regards,
Carly