Portland Public Schools
Portland, Oregon

Jackson Middle School

A Leonard Bernstein
School of Artful Learning

10625 SW 35th | Portland, OR 97219
Phone: (503) 916-5680 | Fax: (503) 916-2640
Attendance Line: (503) 916-6205

Reading Expectations

Home Reading

Students should be reading at home for at least 90 minutes each week in a book of their choice or in their Literature Circles book. If I have asked that a student use the Home Reading contract, they should have parents sign it weekly. Home Reading contracts should be turned in to the homework basket each Monday (or the 1st school day of the week if no school on Monday). 

Writer's Journals

Students will respond to their home reading in a section of their Writer's Journals.  Responses will be done at the end of each book.  I will provide instructions for students on the nature of their responses.