Benchmark Day 2 Parts 3, 4, and 5 Online

1. INDEPENDENT
READING
Review and Routines (20 min.)
Day 2, Part III

2. OBJECTIVES
▪ Students will:
▪ Practice reading independently for a predetermined
amount of time.

3. Practice Independent Reading
Yesterday, we each chose a good book for
independent reading time and we practiced writing a
response to our reading. Today, I will introduce the
reading log for Week 1 of school.
(Have an example of the reading log you plan to
introduce. Be prepared to project the reading log so
all can see. Due to online learning, the first week’s
reading log can be created on lined paper)

4. Practice Independent Reading
We use a reading log to document the reading we do
both in school and out of school. This log helps you
look at your book choices. Readers read many
different genres, for example, a reader might read a
fiction book, then a graphic novel, an anthology of
poems, or a nonfiction book. This year we will be
exposed to a wide range of genres and I hope your
reading log reflects a wide range of choices, too.

5. Practice Independent Reading
We are going to practice completing our reading logs
today after we read independently. Please take a
moment to get your independent reading books and
find a quiet place in the room to begin your reading. I
will shake the West African gourd shaker when it is
time to stop reading and begin filling in your reading
log for the day.

6. Practice Independent Reading
Now that we’ve completed reading, it’s time to fill-in
our reading logs. Remember, fiction is make believe,
nonfiction is real. For example, Winnie the Pooh is
fiction, Who is Abraham Lincoln is nonfiction. A book
like Zita the Space Girl is called a graphic novel
because the pictures tell a big part of the story. A
novel is generally fiction. I will do my reading log first.
Now it’s your turn. If you have a question please let
me know by raising your hand.

7. Writing to
Sources
Review and Routines (15 min.)
Day 2, Part IV

8. OBJECTIVES
Students will:
▪ Learn to write using a prompt.

9. Model: A Response to Reading
Today, we are going to continue practicing writing a
response to our reading. If we were in class, we would
pull a question out of the question jar. Since we are
online learning, I randomly selected prompts for us to
use today.
I am going to write first about our read-aloud book. My
prompt is: Did the book make you laugh? Cry?
Cringe? Smile? Cheer? Explain with evidence from
the text.

10. Model: A Response to Reading
Let’s begin our response to the reading. Take a
moment to think back to our read-aloud. Think about
how you would start you response to this book. Who
would like to share their idea?
What kinds of things do I need to keep in mind as I
write?
(complete response under ELMO)

11. Independent
Writing
Review and Routines (15 min.)
Day 2, Part V

12. OBJECTIVES
Students will:
▪ Learn to write using a prompt.

13. Response Journals
Now it is your turn to write a response to what you
read today. Please remember to write in complete
sentences while using appropriate punctuation and
capital letters, and be sure to answer the question as
you write. Be sure to cite evidence from the text. We
will write on the next available page of our Writing
Journal.

14. Response Journals
If you read a fiction book, your prompt is:
Did this book make you laugh? Cry? Cringe? Cheer?
Explain with evidence from the text.
Sentence starter:
The book, (title), by (author), made me (laugh, cry,
cringe, cheer, scared, etc.). For example, the part…

15. Response Journals
If you read a nonfiction book, your prompt is:
What is the main idea of your book? List three details
that support the main idea.
Sentence starter:
The book, (title), by (author), is about (topic). One
detail about (topic) that I read is…

16. Response Journals
If you read a fiction book, your prompt is:
Did this book make you laugh? Cry? Cringe? Cheer? Explain with evidence from the text.
Sentence starter:
The book, (title), by (author), made me (laugh, cry, cringe, cheer, scared, etc.). For example, the
part…
If you read a nonfiction book, your prompt is:
What is the main idea of your book? List three details that support the main idea.
Sentence starter:
The book, (title), by (author), is about (topic). One detail about (topic) that I read is…

17. Response Journals
What was it like to write a response to reading using a
random question. We will be using random prompts to
write in our journals throughout the school year.