Welcome, students and parents!
You have found the site for our reading class, newly remodeled for the 2006-2007 school year!
Student resources are on the top, and parent resources are on the bottom.
The Reading Journey website is one of the centers used in our classroom every week during center rotation.
If you are a parent, I encourage you to read Ms. Jasztal's Letter To Parents first. Then, two seperate sites are included below that support my reading curriculum and encourage a lot of teamwork at home. I try to provide as much as I can for my students, and I hope the resources I have included are sufficient. Thank you for your cooperation.
Homework Schedule Every Week
Given Tuesday, due Wednesday morning:: Spelling in Sentences
Given Wednesday, due Thursday morning:: Crossword or Wordsearch of Spelling Words
Given Monday, due Friday morning:: Weekly Reading Packet (always covering different skills)
A Little About Ms. Jasztal... Reading-Wise
I don't think you ever "outgrow" children's literature!
Favorite Book(s)- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Math Curse by Jon Schieszka, The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo,
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Top three five authors- Sharon Creech, Jean Craighead George, Kate DiCamillo, Lois Lowry, and Andrew Clements
Favorite illustrator- Lane Smith
Authors whom I have almost their entire collections- Beverly Cleary (whom I adore as well) and Sharon Creech
Favorite genre- Realistic Fiction
Favorite magazines/periodicals- TIME for Kids, Stone Soup, St. Petersburg Times Newspapers in Education (NIE)
Genre I wish I owned more books from- Historical Fiction
Favorite Non-Fiction Genre- Science
What I Think The Neatest Reading Skills Are- Predicting, Question Answer Relationships (QAR), and Comparing/Contrasting
Image Credits: (Important) I scanned the covers of these beautiful Newbery award winning novels: Absolute Normal Chaos, My Side of the Mountain, because of Winn-Dixie, and Julie of the Wolves to use as models to draw my own depictions of the cover art in Adobe Photoshop.
Copyright 2006-2007 Ms. Jasztal. All rights reserved. Please ask me if you want to use something of mine from this site.
