Loving Literacy
Home Reading Program
We will begin our Home Reading Program at the end of September. More information will follow closer to when we are starting. Just reading with your child each night is a great bonding experience and a life long habit that will enrich their lives.
In a few weeks, the students will be placed in same-ability groups for Guided Reading. While a small group of students are reading with the teacher, the other students will be participating in our Literacy Lounge. During this time students will be involved in a variety of literacy activities to help them practice their reading and writing skills. These activities are called the Daily 5 and included the following activities:
Read to Someone
-students read with a partner
-they coach each other when they get stuck on a word
-they check for understanding by retelling parts of the story and asking questions
Listen to Reading
-students listen to stories on the computer (TumbleBooks) or books on tape
-they check for understanding by retelling parts of the story
Read to Self
-students read a book independently- they work on building their stamina (the more we read the better we will become)
-complete reading responses
-they follow the IPICK rules to choose a Good Fit book. (see below)
-they work on building their stamina (the more we read the better we become)
This activity allows students to practice the reading strategies we are learning in class!
Work on Writing
-students work independently on a writing piece of their choice- they may finish a piece of writing from Writer’s Workshop
-students work on building stamina for writing.
This activity helps students make the connection between reading and writing and allows them to be creative thinkers!
Word Work
-students work together on various word activities. These include: practicing our weekly words using wiki sticks, play dough, white boards, markers
-making words (making as many words as they can using certain letters)
These activities help students develop a better awareness of word rules and patterns which they can apply in reading and writing!
What are GOOD FIT books?
Just like shoes, we need to find books that are a good fit for us. To do this we ask ourselves the following questions when making book selections:
Do I like it? The book is something that interests me.
Does it fit? The book is not too easy and not too hard.
Does it help me? The book is the right one for what I want to do.
We will begin our Home Reading Program at the end of September. More information will follow closer to when we are starting. Just reading with your child each night is a great bonding experience and a life long habit that will enrich their lives.
In a few weeks, the students will be placed in same-ability groups for Guided Reading. While a small group of students are reading with the teacher, the other students will be participating in our Literacy Lounge. During this time students will be involved in a variety of literacy activities to help them practice their reading and writing skills. These activities are called the Daily 5 and included the following activities:
Read to Someone
-students read with a partner
-they coach each other when they get stuck on a word
-they check for understanding by retelling parts of the story and asking questions
Listen to Reading
-students listen to stories on the computer (TumbleBooks) or books on tape
-they check for understanding by retelling parts of the story
Read to Self
-students read a book independently- they work on building their stamina (the more we read the better we will become)
-complete reading responses
-they follow the IPICK rules to choose a Good Fit book. (see below)
-they work on building their stamina (the more we read the better we become)
This activity allows students to practice the reading strategies we are learning in class!
Work on Writing
-students work independently on a writing piece of their choice- they may finish a piece of writing from Writer’s Workshop
-students work on building stamina for writing.
This activity helps students make the connection between reading and writing and allows them to be creative thinkers!
Word Work
-students work together on various word activities. These include: practicing our weekly words using wiki sticks, play dough, white boards, markers
-making words (making as many words as they can using certain letters)
These activities help students develop a better awareness of word rules and patterns which they can apply in reading and writing!
What are GOOD FIT books?
Just like shoes, we need to find books that are a good fit for us. To do this we ask ourselves the following questions when making book selections:
Do I like it? The book is something that interests me.
Does it fit? The book is not too easy and not too hard.
Does it help me? The book is the right one for what I want to do.
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