4th grade reading skills reflection

4th grade reading skills reflection

in this lesson you will reflect on your reading skills. This will help you to set reading goals

Lets look at some review question to see what we remember

Multiple Choice

When an author show's but doesn't directly tell the reader about something, then the reader must ____

• draw a conclusion

• form an opinion

• make an inference

• determine the cause

Multiple Choice

What is opinion?

• What a paragraph or text is mostly about

• The solution to a problem in a story

• The lesson, moral, or message of a story

• The author's belief about a topic

Multiple Choice

When thinking about cause and effect, what is cause?

• The lesson, moral, or message in a text

• The reason or why something happened in a text

• An educated guess based on what the author shows but doesn't tell the reader in a text

• The result or what happened in a text

Multiple Choice

What is an inference?

• A final decision

• What the story is mostly about

• The author's belief

• An educated guess

Multiple Choice

Context Clues

The student replied to the teacher with a witty answer and the class laughed.

• funny

• mean

• word

Multiple Choice

Context Clues

The curious puppy emptied the bag while he sniffed around looking for something to chew.

• problem

• interested

• happy

Multiple Choice

Inferences

Mary was turning eight today. Her friends were coming to a surprise party for her. There would be lots of food and games Her friends would bring her gifts too. Why will there be a party today?

• It is the last day of school

• It is Mary’s birthday

• It is Christmas

Multiple Choice

I have a dog name Boots. I taught him lots of tricks. When I tell him to, Boots will sit or lie down. He can also wave his paw to greet people. When I say, "Dance, Boots", he will stand up on two legs and walk. I don't know of many dogs that can do such amazing tricks.

The main idea of the paragraph is:

• Boots is my dog.

• Boots can sit

• Boots is very smart

• Most dogs can’t dance.

Great!

Now we will reflect on what we know. It is important to be honest with ourselves so we can improve and become reading masters.

Poll

How comfortable are you in referring to details from a text when explaining the text?

• I am a pro! I can teach this to someone.

• I can do this on my own, but could not teach it yet.

• I am almost there and need some practice

• I need some help understanding how to do that.

Poll

How comfortable are you at making inferences?

• I am a pro! I can teach this to someone.

• I can do this on my own, but could not teach it yet.

• I am almost there and need some practice

• I need some help understanding how to do that.

Poll

How comfortable are you at finding the main idea of an article or the theme of a fictional book?

• I am a pro! I can teach this to someone.

• I can do this on my own, but could not teach it yet.

• I am almost there and need some practice

• I need some help understanding how to do that.

Poll

How comfortable are you using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words?

• I am a pro! I can teach this to someone.

• I can do this on my own, but could not teach it yet.

• I am almost there and need some practice

• I need some help understanding how to do that.

Great!

Now, lets use those poll to think about what we are good at and what we want to improve on.

Open Ended

Everyone has a strength, and everyone is good at something in reading. What do you think are you good at in reading?

Open Ended

What do you think you need to improve on? What skills are you NOT confident in when reading?

Open Ended

Now, create a goal. What is your reading goal? My reading goal is_________ becuase___________.

Great Job Reflecting!