Dear
Families,
Let’s work together in a
“Tree”mendous way to encourage first graders to read
throughout the school year. Every time your child reads and discusses a book, he/she can fill out an apple form that is attached
to this note and put it up on our class tree. Students read every night for 10 to 20
minutes as a part of their homework.
So the cut out apples coming back to school will also be a part of their homework. Please do not limit the books you read
together as only books sent home from reading groups.
Any book that is read at home can go up on our tree. Please put your signature on the back of the apple
form after you discuss the story with your child. In order to promote encouragement and
cooperation throughout the year, the
class will have an “apple party” each
time the tree is filled. They
will celebrate their “Tree”mendous success while
eating treats brought from home such as apples, apple muffins, taffy apples,
apple cookies, etc…
Thank you for your
support.
Have fun
reading!
Mrs.
Sheehan
Dear
Families,
First graders harvested
the apples from our apple tree in the hallway and are ready to make our tree
grow again!
Follow these directions
before bringing in a homework apple!
Color your apple
yellow if you read a homework book.
Color your apple
red if you read a picture book.
Color your apple
green if you read a chapter book.
Color your apple
blue if you read a history or science book.
Parent’s name can be
written on the back of the apple after the story is
discussed.
Color and attach a worm to
your apple if you wrote a book report!
Have
fun!
Mrs.
Sheehan
Fiction Book Report Would you recommend this book to a friend?
Your
Name:_____________________ Date:
__________________
Title
of Book:_________________________________________
Author's
Name:_________________________________________
Characters:
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Setting:
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Problem:
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Solution:
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Draw
your favorite part in the book.
Non-Fiction
Book Report Would you recommend this book to a friend?
Your
Name:_____________________ Date:
__________________
Title
of Book:_________________________________________
Author's
Name:_________________________________________
Theme
or topic:
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
How
does this book relate to your life?
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Something
I think my class would like to know from this book:
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Draw
an interesting picture, fact, or graph from the book.