Reading Response Journals

I decided to end my lead teaching with the whole class reading the same book, The Sign of the Beaver. I created a journal for each student that includes questions and activities to complete after every section we read as a class. Once a week students will respond to prompts in their journals. Six times students will write responses to these prompts asking questions, answering questions, making observations and making predictions about the chapters we have just read. We will read the book aloud each day together. Sometimes I will read the entire text, other times we will read as a group and occasionally we will popcorn read to keep students on top of things. It seems like the perfect way to phase out of this year, as a class. This activity (I hope) will engage and allow everyone to enjoy reading a little more. It has been a challenge of mine engaging students in lessons and grabbing their attention 100% of the time . I really hope that students take ownership over their work during these last few weeks and enjoy the book and my last few weeks, as much as I have enjoyed them this entire year!