Week of October 31st - November 3rd

Kindergarten
I am excited to begin an intervention group with Kindergarten this week. I will be using Jolly Phonics to teach and reinforce letter knowledge and sounds.

1st Grade
It is nice to see how the first grade students are improving their reading skills during guided reading. We will continue to read leveled books, while identifying sight words and using strategies to decode unknown words.

LLI Intervention Group
Students have been working very hard on identifying sight words and finger pointing while reading. This week we will continue to work on sounding out words and reading already learned words quickly. We will also continue to discuss stories working on various comprehension skills as well as writing.

2nd Grade
Last week students worked very hard to compose descriptive stories. This week, students will continue to engage in Guided Reading. It is rewarding to see students enjoying reading as they improve their skills.

Wilson Intervention Group
Students will wrap up Unit 3 and will be taking an assessment on Tuesday. Unit 4 will focus on endings -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -est, -er, -ed, -d, & -t. Students will learn how to form plurals and words in the present and past tense. They will read a passage to practice fluent reading and they will make judgements and predictions to practice comprehension skills.

Happy Halloween!

Week of October 24th - October 28th

1st Grade- The comprehension skill I will focus on this week during guided reading will be summarizing. We will read appropriate leveled text then discuss the important events that occurred in the book.

LLI Intervention Group- We will be reading several books while working on specific reading goals. Students will match words with their fingers while reading. They will use first letters and known words to self-monitor. They will identify high-frequency words and will engage in phonics/word work.

2nd Grade-I will be helping students during Reading/Writing Workshop. Students will be writing a descriptive essay. They will use the writing process to describe their costume.
Wilson Intervention Group- Students will begin Unit 3. This unit will focus on more glued sounds such as ild, ind, old, olt and ost. They will also learn two new vowel teams: /oi/ & /oy/.

Week of October 17th - October 21st

1st Grade LLI-
Students will continue to recognize sight words within text. They will practice pointing under words to match print with voice. They will notice rhyming words in text and will identify syllables in words. They will also say words slowly to identify the sounds and will write the words.

2nd Grade Wilson-
We are continuing Unit 2 due to the short week last week. I will review other glued sounds and teach vowel teams: ee, ea, & ey. The vocabulary words for this Unit are toss, stall, stung & damp. Students will practice phrasing words together to help with fluency.

Week of October 12th - 14th

We have had such perfect weather! Great for getting outside and enjoying a book under a tree. :)

Kindergartners will be benchmarked with AIMSweb this week in Reading and Math. Due to the short week and benchmarking, I will not be pushing into the classrooms for guided reading, nor meeting with my 1st grade intervention group. I will be meeting with my 2nd grade intervention group in the afternoon. We will continue to work on vowel teams and bonus letters.

Week of October 3rd - 7th

Kindergarten
I have been working with Mrs. Mazurowski's class two days a week and Mrs. Finn's class two days a week. During this time, I focus on strengthening students knowledge of letter names and letter sounds. We will benchmarking Kindergarten students, using AIMSweb, next Wednesday, October 12th.

1st Grade
I will continue to guide students in leveled text in Mrs. Hull's and Miss Tracy's rooms. I will continue to work on various reading strategies to enhance fluency and comprehension.

My LLI intervention group will continue to be engaged in repeated readings of poems and stories. They will engage in shared reading of new stories and shared writing. They will also engage in word work to practice various spelling patterns.

2nd Grade
I will continue to guide students in leveled text in Mrs. Onorato's class. We will read stories while focusing on fluent reading as well as comprehension skills such as summarizing, inferring, connecting prior knowledge, etc.

My Wilson Fundations intervention group will take Unit 1 test on Monday. This test will assess knowledge of digraphs and blends in words, especially the use of ck at the end of words. We will then begin Unit 2. This unit will review bonus letters, f, l & s. I will reteach glued sounds and will introduce vowel teams - ai, ay, ee, ea, ey.