1st Grade Reading List Part 2 & Book Reports

So my reading plan for last quarter was a bit of a success.  Optimus Prime & Bumblebee learned quite a few words and picked up on a ton of sight words that we didn't cover.  They do a decent job of reading Level 1 books on their own.  They still need help, they aren't quite there yet, but I feel like we are making real progress so I'm happy.  Hopefully they will have Level 1 books down on their own by the end of this next quarter, but I'm not going to push.  I want them to enjoy reading, not find it stressful.

Since we're making progress, and to avoid boredom, I decided to make some changes in our Reading/Reading Comprehension schedule and to our book goals.

First, for the next quarter we will just be doing Reading Comprehension.  I have a bunch of one page worksheets with simple sentences in a paragraph that you read and answer questions about.  We'll be doing those, where they can practice their reading with help from me and each other.  We'll also work on our large Reading Comprehension workbook.

For our individual book goal we won't have one.  I'll work on the Level 1 books with them in our one-on-one time, but it won't be strictly limited to that. I'm trying to make this upcoming quarter easier than our last one.  There are a bunch of holidays - Halloween (the day before the quarter starts), Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's - a bunch of sugar, relatives, traveling, big meals, baking, excitement, decorating, and shopping.  We'll work on reading in our one-on-one time (as well as whenever they want to of course!), and we'll keep working on Level 1 books together, but I'm not going to force a goal on them, not with everything else going on.

We're also going to drop the Book Reports for this quarter.  I'd like to bring them back next quarter, but we'll see.  They did like doing them, but it was too much writing for them - especially when I had to spell most of the stuff out.

One thing that is not changing, however, is our family book goal.  And here it is:

• Clue Jr: The Case of the Secret Message
• Clue Jr: The Case of the Stolen Jewel
• Clue Jr: The Case of the Chocolate Fingerprints
• The Magic School Bus: The Truth About Bats
• The Magic School Bus: The Search for the Missing Bones
• The Magic School Bus: The Wild Whale Watch
• Pokemon Junior: A Pokemon Snow-Down
• Pokemon Junior: Snorlax Takes a Stand
• Pokemon Junior: Bellossom's Big Battle
• Scooby-Doo and You: The Case of the Television Monster
• Scooby-Doo and You: The Case of the Living Doll
• Scooby-Doo and You: The Case of the Batty Vampire
• Scooby-Doo's Super Case Book 2

We're going to start some new series, which I'm excited about!