Reader's Portfolio

You will see your child coming home with a Reader's Portfolio for our current novel, Where the Red Fern Grows. Inside this file folder, you will see four pockets. These pockets will store the following items: Reading Skills and Strategies assignments, a Reader's Response notebook, 100 Point Project instructions and table, and a cumulative list of vocabulary. The students will have assignments from this portfolio each night. Please ask your child to show you what they've completed. Since we won't be doing each activity and assignment, you can feel free to do some enrichment work at home using the questions and tasks we don't get to in class. :)

The 100 Point Project is a student-driven project that requires the students to complete various assignments of their choosing throughout the duration of the book. Each task is allotted a specific number of points, and the students must find a way to complete 100 points worth of tasks by the end. (For example, a child can complete five tasks for 5 points, three tasks for 10 points, one task for 15 points, and one task for 30 points. These add up to 100 points total.) Again, this project will be entirely the responsibility of the students; they will neither be guided nor assigned particular tasks to complete. I suggest regularly asking your child to share what they've done so far and how they plan to reach 100 points by the end. They have been provided with a table to keep track of the points they've earned.

I am confident that the kids will find these reader's portfolios to be enjoyable and enriching!