Reading Update: Out of My Mind

The kids started reading the novel Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper this week. This is a beautifully written story that ties perfectly into our first trimester unit of accepting & respecting.  Students will be doing a majority of the reading at home so we can use our class time for a variety of activities and discussions.

We have divided the book into 4 chunks that we will read over the course of 4 weeks. They will be assigned to read one chunk of the novel each week and that will be due each Tuesday. If they save the entire chunk until Monday to read, it will be overwhelming; please monitor that your child is keeping up with the reading each night.


Helpful Links: 

• Out of My Mind Introduction to the Novel This is the presentation the 4th grade teachers used in class to introduce the novel to the children. 
• Reading Guide Questions that you can discuss with your child as they read Out of My Mind.
• During each chunk, the students will be stopping to think while they read. This is an imporant skill that I often find the kids are not doing. To practice this skill, they will write an annotation on sticky note for each chapter.​   Click here for the Post-It Note Directions