Reading Contract

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Objective

SWBAT: set a goal for their independent reading.

Big Idea

As a way to chunk their goal, and to keep track of progress, we created a contract.

Lesson Author

Hillary Boles

Louisville, KY

Grade Level

Sixth grade

Subjects

English / Language Arts

School Culture and Practices

Reading

Comprehension (Reading)

Reading Fluency

Standards

RL.6.10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

RI.6.10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

Guiding Question

5 minutes

The Guiding Question today is pertinent on many levels. One, it previews The Fourth Stall by getting my students to think about how they've changed over time. Two, it gets them thinking about how they've (hopefully) become responsible enough to chunk that 40-book goal!