Ms. Sen's Skylarks

These are questions for your Home Reading Journal. Remember to put the title of the book at the top of the page and the date at the top of the page.

Title _______________________  Date _______________

Question 5: Setting

Notice how the author and illustrator work together to make the setting. Describe the setting in your own words. Draw a picture of the setting. Would you want to live in this place and time?


Question 4: Retell the story in four sentences

Choose a fiction book. If it's a chapter book, retell the events of one chapter. If it's a picture book, retell the whole story. Use the words First, Next, Then, Finally to retell the story. Try not to write more than four sentences.

First....
Next...
Then....
Finally...


Question 3: Connect to the story

Choose a fiction book. What part of the story reminded you of your life? Write about something in your life that you thought about when you read the story. Here is an example.

In the story The Kite, Frog and Toad have trouble flying their kite. This reminds me of when I tried to fly an old kite with my family. We went out on a windy day but the kite would not fly. We ran with the kite and threw it up in the air. Frog and Toad got their kite to fly, but we never got our kite up in the air. The kite was too old. We sadly went home.


Question 2:

Every story has a problem. What is the problem in the story you are reading? How was the problem solved?

Question 1:

Choose a main character from a fiction book you are reading.  Write one good sentence to describe that character. Draw a picture of the character. Be sure to use the character's name in your sentence.