Weekly Reading Homework

NON-FICTION

I can use details in a text to describe the

characters, setting, and events.
Task: Describe the characters, setting and
first event in the story using details from
the text.

I can identify fact and opinion to explain

how an author uses reasons and evidence
to support particular points in a text.
Task: Find at least four facts and two
opinions in the text.

FICTION

NON-FICTION

Monday

FICTION

Tuesday

I can draw inferences from a text using text

I can determine the overall structure of

clues and what I know.
the events, ideas, concepts and information
Task: Make an inference from the text
in a text, or part of a text.
(something that is not said directly in the story, Task:
but you concluded from clues) and write the 1. Determine the structure of the overall
clues that lead you to that inference.
information in the text, or part of the
text. Create an appropriate graphic
organizer for the text structure:
o Chronology (also known as sequence,
are events being told in order?)
o Compare and contrast (are they
comparing two or more events,
people, places, things, or ideas?)
o Cause/effect (what happened and
why?)
o Problem/solution (is there a problem
that needs to be solved?)
o Description (are they describing a
person, place, thing or idea?)

Wednesday

FICTION

NON-FICTION

I can determine the meaning of words and

I can determine the meaning of specific
phrases as they are used in a text.
academic words and phrases in a text.
Task:
Task: Complete vocabulary four-squares for
1. Find three words you do not know in the at least three words you do not know in the
text.
text.
2. Look for context clues to help you figure
out the meaning and write the clues.
Word
Definition
Write the word.
Use the glossary, or a
3. Use a dictionary to find the actual
dictionary to write a
meaning of the words.
definition of the word.
4. Write a sentence using each new word.
Example:
Calligraphy
Clue: Kaylie used calligraphy, or beautiful
writing, when she wrote the letter.
Definition: decorative writing
Sentence: I want to learn how to write
using calligraphy.

FICTION

Picture of the
Word
Draw a visual
representation of the
word.

Word in a sentence
Use the word in a new
sentence.

NON-FICTION

Friday

Thursday

I can determine a theme of a story, drama, I can determine two or more main ideas of
or poem from details in the text.
a text and explain how they are supported
Task: Using details from the text, determine
by key details.
the theme of the story.
Task: Using details from the text, determine
the main idea of the text.

FICTION OR NON-FICTION
I can read with good accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Task: Read a book of choice for at least 20 minutes every day of your break or weekend.