Kindergarten
Students will continue to focus on consonants; recognizing letters and being aware of the sounds letters make. They will be engaged in activities focused on identifying beginning and ending sounds, rhyming words, and compound words. They will also practice saying sentences with expression and will "walk it out" and/or "chop it out" to isolate each word within the sentence. I am looking forward to reading another book on "Friday Fun-day." Every Friday, the students have an opportunity to hear a fun book read aloud while practicing comprehension strategies, such as predicting, making connections, and asking questions.
First Grade
The first graders will be engaged in activities focused on isolating and blending syllables, identifying final and medial sounds, substituting parts of words to create new words, adding and deleting parts of words and reading sentences with expression. They will also continue to practice with sight words and short vowel sounds. We will read another book together on "Friday Fun-day" to practice comprehension strategies, such as predicting, inferring, visualizing, and making connections.
Second Grade
The second graders will continue to focus on manipulating speech sounds in words. They will segment words into syllables, substitute parts of words with new parts, add and delete phonemes, as well as separate sentences into individual words. They are learning how to decode new words as well as learning how to remember familiar words. They will also have opportunities to practice writing. This week we will focus on descriptive writing. I will continue to model fluent reading during a read-aloud on "Friday Fun-day." The students and I have been enjoying shared reading during this time. We read and discuss fun books while practicing comprehension strategies.
