I can't believe the school year is coming to an end. Time sure does fly when you are having fun! I really enjoyed teaching your children this year. It has been extremely rewarding to witness their growth in Reading. Please continue to promote the joy of reading over the summer. Summer is definitely a time to have fun and explore outside but reading can not be forgotten. Print is all around us..have your child look for words around them. Encourage silent reading, partner reading, and enjoy a book together through a read-aloud. I wish good luck to the students going on to Prarieview and am looking forward to seeing the returning students at the end of August! Have a great summer filled with books!!! :)Sunday, May 31, 2009
June 1st - June 5th
I can't believe the school year is coming to an end. Time sure does fly when you are having fun! I really enjoyed teaching your children this year. It has been extremely rewarding to witness their growth in Reading. Please continue to promote the joy of reading over the summer. Summer is definitely a time to have fun and explore outside but reading can not be forgotten. Print is all around us..have your child look for words around them. Encourage silent reading, partner reading, and enjoy a book together through a read-aloud. I wish good luck to the students going on to Prarieview and am looking forward to seeing the returning students at the end of August! Have a great summer filled with books!!! :)
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Week of May 18th - May 22nd
Monkey Monday....I am excited to be joining the Kindergartners on their field trip to the ZOO. We will read and write about animals this week.
I am proud of how hard all my students worked this year. This week we will review strategies learned and will brainstrom ideas on how to keep reading and learning over the summer!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Week of May 11th - May 15th
Kindergarten
Students will continue to work on improving their phonemic awareness. They will rhyme, blend, segment, add/delete sounds in words, and they will identify final sounds. They will also participate in echo and choral reading of our poem of the week.
1st Grade
Students will use nonsense words to create rhymes. They will identify medial and final sounds. They will work with glued sounds, such as -ang, -ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, and unk. They will practice with sight words and will practice strategies during shared reading.
2nd Grade
Students will continue to work with blends, ending sounds, and word families. The focus this week will be on long -i, spelled igh and ie. They will work on fluency through repeated readings and they will focus on summarizing and paying attention to detail while reading stories.
Students will continue to work on improving their phonemic awareness. They will rhyme, blend, segment, add/delete sounds in words, and they will identify final sounds. They will also participate in echo and choral reading of our poem of the week.
1st Grade
Students will use nonsense words to create rhymes. They will identify medial and final sounds. They will work with glued sounds, such as -ang, -ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, and unk. They will practice with sight words and will practice strategies during shared reading.
2nd Grade
Students will continue to work with blends, ending sounds, and word families. The focus this week will be on long -i, spelled igh and ie. They will work on fluency through repeated readings and they will focus on summarizing and paying attention to detail while reading stories.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Week of May 4th - May 8th
This week, myself and the RtI team will be administering the Aims Web Benchmarking Tests. These tests are mandated through the state and are administered three times a year. Kindergartners will be asked to complete three timed tests: Letter Naming, Letter Sounds, and Phonemic Segmentation. 1st Graders will be asked to complete two timed tests: Nonsense Word Fluency and Oral Reading. 2nd Graders will be asked to complete one timed test: Oral Reading Fluency. 
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