Reading Responses... Digging Deeper into What We Read

Make Meaningful Connections to What You Read!

Hey Grade 4!

Take a look at the following the reading responses. I wonder, in what ways has each student made his/her thinking visible and clear?

Compare what you wrote in your reading response to the ones provided below. Ask yourself the following question: "In what ways could I dig deeper into my understanding of what I read?"

Reading Response Example 1

Reading Response Example 2

Reading Response Example 3

Reading Response Example 4

Student Tip: Things Good Readers Do...

Think critically about the reading response question you choose to answer for next week. I wonder, in what ways could you make your thinking more visible and clear? 

Practice using the following reading strategies to help deepen your understanding of the text you are reading. I wonder, what other strategies are you using when you read? Share your reading strategies in the comment box below!

• Preview
• Look at the cover and title
• Look at some of the pictures and read some of the text

• Question
• Ask who, what, when, where, why and how
• Decide if what you've read makes sense

• Predict
• Wonder about what will happen next
• Make guesses and read ahead to see if your predictions are correct

• Infer
• Imagine the details
• Use what you've read to understand what the author means

• Connect
• Relate what you've read to what you know, as well as, to your thoughts and feelings

• Summarize
• Organize and connect the details
• Draw your own conclusions

• Evaluate
• Think about what you've read
• What did you learn?
• Was it important to you? What makes you say that?
• Did you like it? What makes you say that?

Parent Tip: Reading and Writing Resources

Parents, take a look at the following resources to help guide your reader at home...

• Read-Write-Think - Parent and afterschool resources
• Reading Rockets - Strategies that promote comprehension