1. Creative Connector Your job is to find connections between the literature and the world. This includes connecting the reading to your own life, to events at school and in the community, to outside problems, and to daily events. Make connections between this literature and other writings on the same topic or by the same author. Write your own personal connection and ask each member to make a connection. Use the response questions as a guide. © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.

2. Creative Connector Your job is to find connections between the literature and the world. This includes connecting the reading to your own life, to events at school and in the community, to outside problems, and to daily events. Make connections between this literature and other writings on the same topic or by the same author. Write your own personal connection and ask each member to make a connection. Use the response questions as a guide. © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.

3. Discussion Director Your job is to develop a list of questions that your group might want to discuss about this content. Don’t worry about details. Help your group discuss the main ideas and share their reactions. The best discussion comes from your own thoughts, but you may use some of the question cues to develop your discussion. © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.

4. Discussion Director Your job is to develop a list of questions that your group might want to discuss about this content. Don’t worry about details. Help your group discuss the main ideas and share their reactions. The best discussion comes from your own thoughts, but you may use some of the question cues to develop your discussion. © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.

5. Literacy Luminary You job is to locate special sections of the text that your group would like to hear read aloud. You must help them remember some interesting, powerful, and important sections of the text. You decide which passages or paragraphs are worth reading and then plan for how they will be shared. At least one of the passages should be read aloud by you. Others may be shared reading, with students taking turns reading to the group. © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.

6. Literacy Luminary You job is to locate special sections of the text that your group would like to hear read aloud. You must help them remember some interesting, powerful, and important sections of the text. You decide which passages or paragraphs are worth reading and then plan for how they will be shared. At least one of the passages should be read aloud by you. Others may be shared reading, with students taking turns reading to the group. © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.

7. Illustrator Your job is to draw a visual related to the reading. It may be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, or graphic organizer. You may draw something that’s discussed or something that made a connection in the reading. You are to share your illustration before asking for group feedback © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.

8. Illustrator Your job is to draw a visual related to the reading. It may be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, or graphic organizer. You may draw something that’s discussed or something that made a connection in the reading. You are to share your illustration before asking for group feedback © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.

9. Summarizer Your job is to prepare a brief summary of the literature read today. Make your comments one to two minutes in duration, focusing on the key concepts and ideas. List the key points below. You may use any strategy for helping your group to remember the important components. © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.

10. Summarizer Your job is to prepare a brief summary of the literature read today. Make your comments one to two minutes in duration, focusing on the key concepts and ideas. List the key points below. You may use any strategy for helping your group to remember the important components. © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.

11. Word Wizard Your job is to identify vocabulary words or phrases that the group finds challenging or hard to understand. After reading the text, select three to five words or phrases that need discussion. Based on the context clues, guess the meaning of the word, look it up, and be ready to share with the group.. © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.

12. Word Wizard Your job is to identify vocabulary words or phrases that the group finds challenging or hard to understand. After reading the text, select three to five words or phrases that need discussion. Based on the context clues, guess the meaning of the word, look it up, and be ready to share with the group.. © Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program, 2010.