Reading+Units+of+Study


 * Unit 1: Building A Reading Life**


 * Our Reading Celebration:**

What We Remember About //Because of Winn Dixie// by Kate DiCamillo


 * Alexsandra remembers that Winn-Dixie was funny and had a big smile!
 * Ben remembers that Opal really loved Winn-Dixie and she would do everything for him.
 * Min remembers that Opal doesn't want to give up finding Winn-Dixie.
 * Taehyun remembers that if Winn-Dixie doesn't stay with Opal then he howls!
 * Jan remembers when Opal discovered that the shop keeper, Otis, went to jail or was a shop keeper.
 * Aleks remembers Winn-Dixie chasing the mouse.
 * Sofia remembers when Opal told Ms. Franny Block, the librarian, that there is going to be a party.
 * Julia remembers when Opal found Winn-Dixie in the grocery store.
 * Lorenzo remembers when Opal always remembers and talks about her mom.
 * Kay remembers when the preacher, Opal's father, told her ten things about her mother.
 * Wiktor remembers when Winn-Dixie caught the mouse in the church.
 * Dawid remembers when Opal called the two Dewberry boys, "Bald-headed babies!"
 * Helena remembers when Amanda and Opal got a little bit of candy from Franny Block, the librarian.
 * Jas remembers when Opal was looking for Winn-Dixie.
 * Shin-Young remembers that Winn-Dixie LOVES peanut butter!
 * Amelia remembers Otis playing the guitar.
 * Jon remembers that Winn-Dixie had a pathological fear of thunder.
 * So-Yeon remembers when Opal tried to brush Winn-Dixie teeth with her OWN toothbrush!
 * Jeongbin remembers when Winn-Dixie went away and Opal didn't know where he was. He knew from that part that Opal really LOVED Winn-Dixie.
 * Ms. Hammond remembers when Winn-Dixie was chasing the mouse in the church.
 * Alexandra remembers when the preacher said, "Lets pray for the mouse!"
 * Aleks remembers them singing at the party.
 * ==== Ms. LaQuay remembers when Opal found Winn-Dixie destroying the grocery store and said that he was her dog. ====
 * ==== Ms. LaQuay remembers Opal standing in the rain and calling out "Winn Dixie!" searching for him in desperation. ====
 * ==== Ms. LaQuay remembers Opal yelling at her dad, "YOU ALWAYS GIVE UP!" and her father crying and telling her that he is really trying. ====
 * ==== Ms. LaQuay remembers the preacher, Opal's dad, telling Opal, "Thank God your mama left me you!" and hugging her tighter. ====
 * ==== Ms. LaQuay remember ** s ** Gloria Dump taking Opal to the tree way in the back of her yard that had all the beer bottles and whiskey bottles hung up in the tree. Gloria told them they were her ghosts. ====

What we remember about our reading lives!

 * ==**Ms. LaQuay remembers that whenever she reads a book it is a good idea to take a map with her to help her keep track of where she has gone and the thinking she has done.**==
 * ==**Jon remembers everytime when we read //Stone Fox// when it got blurry that we would keep going and asking questions until we would understand the words.**==
 * ==**Alexandra remembers that when she was reading that she was always stopping to think--like about the mystery, and then she would keep reading on.**==
 * ==**Helena remembers thinking that it would be too hard and too long to read //Because of Winn Dixie// but now she thinks that it is a really good book and it is worth reading!**==
 * ==**Taehyun remembers that you can think by making post-its.**==
 * ==**Ben remembers that he likes the book Stone Fox because the kid was responsible about his family--and that he would like to look for other books like that--that are serious and sad.**==
 * ==**Julia remembers that listening well really helps your partner!**==