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Reader's and Writer's Workshop-

My Expectations of You-

  • At least three entries a week in your independent reading journal
  • One entry a week in your Reading Response Journal
  • That you know how to utilize our classroom library and locate "Just Right" books
  • That you are always showing respect when working in your reading partnerships and with your groups

  • The Jasztalville Reading Journey
  • Videos of Reader's and Writer's Workshop (Our class and other classes)
  • Printable Reading Class Projects
  • Stories in Our Reading Book
  • Books for Making Connections
  • Prepare for the FCAT Reading Test
  • Information about the Florida Writes

    Printables-

  • ENature Field Guide Template
  • Interviewing a Classmate
  • Five W's of Journalism
  • Scavenger Hunt Writing Exercise
  • Odds and Ends... Writing Exercise
  • Ideas for Newspapers and Magazines
  • 100 Color Words for Student Reference
  • Writing Raters- Narrative and Expository Writing
  • Outstanding Expository Leads
  • Expository Leads and Endings
  • The Food Critic- Almost 100 Words in Describing Food
  • Informational Packet- Writing to Pen Pals
  • Jasztalville Reading Terminology Cards
  • Questions for Reading Journal Entries
  • Question-Answer Relationships- Inspired by an online resource
  • Author's Purpose Information and Question Packet
  • Literature Circles Tri-Fold Brochure
  • Reading Mini-Guides for Popular Novels
  • Kid Nation Debate

    Reading Strategies

  • Reading Skill Cards: Some are for resource; some are some laminating and writing on with a dry-erase marker. The cards are: Developing Your Schema, SQR- Survey, Question, and Read, Be a Vocabularian, Types of Text Features, Plot, and Cause and Effect.
  • Jasztalville Reading Terminology Cards: Cards with words you learn in reading class.

    Taking Tests:

  • Set a purpose for reading by looking at questions, discovering text features, and reading the first paragraph of your selection.
  • If you are taking a test with more than one selection, check your answers after EACH selection!
  • Eliminate answers you know are unreasonable. Check the correct answer in the long run. Normally two answers are impossible and one is close to the correct answer.
  • Answer vocabulary questions first because you do not need to go back to the selection to answer those questions. Those questions just require using context clues.
  • Understand your author's purposes and determine what the author's purpose is not long after you read the selection.
  • Sometimes, boxing paragraphs makes the selection easier to remember, in smaller "segments".

    Watch Writing PowerPoints

    Watch four of the PowerPoint presentations Ms. Jasztal has shown you in class...

  • The Lean, Mean Expository Writing Machine
  • Lead Me!- Includes excellent leads written by my 2007-2008 class
  • Dairy Queen Writing- Step-by-step writing prompt from a program used at my school
  • From Ordinary to Extraordinary

    Jasztalville Authors Over the Years

  • My Life as a First Lady by Allie (2008)
  • Flaming Fury by Jonathan (2008)
  • Dragon Tails by Sydni (2008)
  • The 100 Year Old House by Casey (2005)
  • TITANIC Stories, 2006-2007

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