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Reading Response Room 201

Exciting news 4th graders,

I decided to create a new wiki for our next book! The wiki is going to be used for our reading groups and a place where we can respond to our books. For the third trimester we are going to be using this wiki to discuss, collaborate, and explore our books that we are reading!

The goal of the wiki is for you to become a better reader and writer. Most of you are amazing readers, but still have a hard time looking deeper into the book. Let’s use the wiki to record our thoughts and opinions about our book, collaborate with our group, and communicate with each other on a regular basis. In the end we will all get more out of the book than we expected.

Before you start reading the first two chapters, do the pre-reading activities on the wiki. I look forward to discussing our books on a more regular basis and will be checking the wiki at least twice a day. If you have any questions or concerns, send me a message on the wiki or let me know your concern in class.

‍ Goal of this Wiki:

 * To become better readers and writers!!
 * To record your thoughts and opinions about our book.
 * You will add your thoughts to your wiki page **every** day!!
 * You will collaborate and communicate with your group and me on a regular basis.

‍ Initial Directions:

 * Before beginning to read you are going to do some research and build background information so you will have a better understanding of the concepts taking place in the book.
 * First you will need to complete the pre-reading tasks (click the tab on the left side in the navigation bar)
 * Each week there will be different assignments for you to complete:
 * You will have about two chapters to read
 * Discussion questions to answer
 * Short quizzes to take
 * Responses to think about

‍ Discussion Directions:

 * Check the Discussion Questions page to look for questions, links, files, videos, etc.
 * Answer the weekly discussion questions on your wiki page using BEEF UP
 * On the "Team Page" let us know that you have updated your wiki
 * Then respond to at least 2 other posts from your reading group
 * To do this; you will need to go to their wiki page, read what they have written, and then click the 2nd button (discussion posts) on the bar at the top of their wiki that looks like this:


 * Still have a question?**
 * Send me a message from the tabs above!
 * Talk to me in class :)

Again, I look forward to discussing our books on a more regular basis and will be checking the wiki at least twice a day!