Book Talk Questions
Here are some questions you can use to spark good discussions about your nightly reading homework:
1. What did this book make you think about in your own life?
2. What did this book make you think about in the outside world?
3. Which other books does this remind you of? Why?
4. How does the main character feel in this book? Have you ever felt that way? When?
5. What didn’t make sense to you in this book?
6. What do you think the author is trying to say?
7. Is this an author you would like to read more from? Why?
8. Which words were hard to read in this book? How will you remember them for next time?
9. Which strategies did you use as a reader tonight? How did this help you?
10.How did this book touch your heart?
11. Can you retell this story in your own words? (setting,characters, beginning, middle and end)
12. Who is the main character? What can you tell me about the main character?
13. Where does the story take place? How do you know? What evidence in the book helps you make your decision?
14. What might we expect this story to be about based on the cover of the book?
15. What is the main problem in this story? How does the author solve the problem?
16. Tell about the most interesting, scariest, or funniest part of this story.
17. What did you learn from the reading this book? What was the author’s purpose for writing it?
18. Talk for 5-10 minutes about your favorite part of the story.
19. Is this book fiction or nonfiction? How do you know?
20. Would you recommend this book to your friends? Why or why not?
REMEMBER to have fun talking about your reading!
If you have any questions comments or concerns, please email me at Kkolokithas@srvusd.net.
Karen Kolokithas
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Unit 1 - Second Grade Reading Growth Spurt
Unit 2- Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction
Unit 3 - Studying Characters and Their Stories
Unit 4 - Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power
Unit 5 - Reading Nonfiction Cover to Cover: Nonfiction Book Clubs
Unit 6 - Series Book Clubs
Unit 1 - Lessons From the Masters: Improving Narrative Craft
Unit 2 - Informational Writing
Unit 3 - Writing Gripping Fictional Stories
Unit 4 - Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages
Unit 5 - Lab Reports and Science Books
Unit 6 - Writing About Reading
Module 1Videos
Lesson 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2qDeA2ZZOE&feature=youtu.be
Lesson 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWAMTaqKfqQ&feature=youtu.be
Lesson 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_A-v2xQvM8&feature=youtu.be
Lesson 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORGmX3XL6To&feature=youtu.be
Lesson 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvCa3MaTDu8&feature=youtu.be
Lesson 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_83cKIi77iA&feature=youtu.be
Lesson 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ov-YEyrU7U&feature=youtu.be
Lesson 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ygR15husiY&feature=youtu.be
Module 1
Terminology
- Addend (one of the numbers being added)
- A ten (a place value unit composed of 10 ones)
- Count on (count up from one addend to the total)
- Expression (e.g., 2 + 1, 13 – 6)
- Like units (e.g., frogs and frogs, ones and ones, tens and tens)
- Make ten and take from ten (e.g., 8+3=8+2+1and15–7=10–7+5=3+5)
- Number sentence (e.g.,2+3=5, 7=9–2, 10+2=9+3)
- Number bond
- One (a place value unit, 10 of which may be composed to make a ten)
- Part (e.g., “What is the unknown part? 3 + ___ = 8”)
- Partners to10 (e.g.,10 and 0, 9 and 1, 8 and 2, 7 and 3, 6 and 4, 5 and 5)
- Say Ten counting (51 – 5 tens and 1)
- Ten plus facts (e.g.,10+3=13, 10+5=15, 10+8=18)
- Total (e.g., for 3+4=7or7–4=3, seven is the whole, or total)
