Sunday, October 26, 2008

Week of October 27th - October 31st


Happy Halloween!!
Word study, fluency, comprehension strategies and writing instruction will continue this week. I will continue to help my students begin to read and become strategic users of literacy. My lessons this week will focus on allowing students to receive what they need while learning to read. It is important that children who are learning to read:
  • Enjoy reading even when texts are challenging.
  • Be successful even when texts are challenging.
  • Have opportunities to problem-solve while reading.
  • Read for meaning even when they must do some problem solving.
  • Learn strategies they can apply to their reading of other texts.
  • Use what they know to get what they don't know.
  • Talk about and respond to what they read.
  • Make connections between texts they have read and between their own knowledge and reading.

Please continue to read with your child every day and ask questions to promote understanding of the events that took place in the story.