Posted in General on May 29th, 2009 No Comments »
In the fall, we will recheck all of our current reading students to determine eligibility for reading services. In the meantime, the greatest gift you can give your child is to read with him/her. In order to maintain reading skills, it is so important to have your child read EVERY DAY! Pack a bag of [...]
Posted in General on May 13th, 2009 No Comments »
On Monday, one of my reading groups had fun performing a readers’ theater for their classmates. The story was The Three Little Pigs. Along with using this play to practice fluent, expressive reading, we compared different versions of this familiar story. We also talked about the characters’ different points of view. The students did a [...]
Posted in General on May 8th, 2009 No Comments »
Here are two wonderful poem websites for you to try. One website features poems by Jack Prelutsky as well as facts about him. There is a fun poem page for kids that will tickle their funny bones and also reading tips for parents. The other website allows kids to create poems with virtual magnet words. [...]
Posted in General on May 5th, 2009 No Comments »
We piloted a new program this year for third graders. The Poetry Academy engaged students in increasing fluency and word recognition through reading poetry. Students involved in this program met with a volunteer once a week to chose and read a poem. Academy students practiced this poem at least 10 times at home with a [...]
