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| Ava reads from the morning message. The class has found words they can read and have circled them. |
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| Kia, Brianna, and Sophia choose five "just right" books for their Reading Baggies. We book shop once a week.The children read privately, with partners, and with the teachers from books that are on their reading levels. |
Each day the class is introduced to a new facet of reading. Stories of high interest are read to the class by the teachers using story books, big books, poems, songs, and our daily class news. The children are encouraged to participate by acting out the stories, by storytelling, and by reading along with the teacher. The children are learning to decode new words by looking at the letter sounds, by studying the pictures for clues, and by thinking about what words would make sense in this story.
We have started a Word Wall with ten high frequency words that we have been learning to read and spell. Soon we will add more words to our study of high frequency words. In a few weeks we will begin our study of word families. These are words that rhyme and that follow a standard spelling pattern, such as cat, hat, and bat. These words will be recorded in our special Word Families books. This study will continue all year and will include about forty different word families.
We are also beginning a Book of Poems. Copies of poems and songs that we have read several times will be placed in these books to be reviewed and enjoyed through out the year.
Yes, we are class full of readers! It is fun to learn to read!
