Reading

= = = = =S.Q.U.I.R.T............... = =Squirt stands for Sustainable, Quiet, Uninterupted, Independent, Reading, Time. This year almost everyday we do half and hour of Squirt. I always used to hate reading, but now that I have found a great book series that I like I really enjoy it. I find it really weird that one book can change a mind about something so fast! = = = =Classroom Novels................ = =This year the teachers have been reading us some classroom novels, at the start there were two books that we could choose one to listen to. There was a book called Holes and another one called Diary of a Whimpy Kid. I chose Diary Of A Whimpy Kid. Miss Bates reads this one, I really enjoy listening to Miss Bates read the humourous story! Sometimes when Miss Bates is not there Miss S reads it. To me the story sounds no different when Miss S reads it. I like it when we can sit back and listen to the story after a long day. = = = =What Books I Like............... = =At the start of this year when we did Squirt I felt like I was forceing myself to read. I would choose a book from the class library and read. But now that I have found a series that I really enjoy I always look forwards to what's going to happen next in the story during Squirt and my home reading. I have been reading a series called Pony Pals. I like these books because I love horses and there is something about them that I really enjoy. = = = =Guided Reading................... = =We are also doing some guided reading groups this year that are split into the different reading levels of peoples reading levels. I am in a group with Danica, Georgia M, Maddy F, Rhys and Matt H. I think this group is the right one for me because I don't struggle but I don't find it wat to easy. = = = =Premieres Reading Challenge............. = =This year I sighned up to the Reading Challenge. We only have to read fifteen books and put them on the challenge list online. I did the challenge last year. I have only got about ten books to go. = = = =Shared Reading................ = =We are also doing shared reading groups. This is where all of the grade six's are involved at the same time. We will all sit on the floor while one of the teachers explains the activity that we will do on a book that we will all read on the interactive whiteboard. Meanwhile there are the Guided Readsing groups getting called out to go to the teachers in room 10. If we do not finnish the task we were given, normally it will be homework. = = = = =