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Erika Beattie
CHINA GROVE ELEMENTARY
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November 16 - November 20

IMPORTANT INFO

When reading with a beginning reader, it's important to do the following:

  • Give them time to read. Reading is a skill, and like many other skills, it takes time to develop. A beginning reader should spend at least 20 minutes a day reading to or with someone. The books read during this time should be relatively easy for your child.
  • Let them reread the same books. Rereading the same words over and over again helps build fluency. Over time, you'll notice that your child will stop less often to decode words.  This is why I encourage the students to read the weekly decodable book nightly.
  • Encourage attention to the print. If your child is stuck on a word, help him look at the first letter(s) and encourage him to sound it out. If it's a difficult word, or one that can't be sounded out, simply supply the word and continue reading.
  • Take turns reading. By listening to your fluent reading, your child will hear what good readers sound like. After you've read a short passage, ask your child to reread the same passage. This provides a chance for her to practice reading with expression.

 

Red Words:   I  see  a for is                                         

Green Words:  N/A                                                          

Decodable Book:  My C Book

Topics this week:   The kindergarten students have been working hard mastering the letters: c. o. a, d, and g.  We have just begun using the letters to sound out and spell words such as cod, dad, and dog.  We will continue to work with these letter and sounds. 


 

Red Words:  of, one, four

Green Words:     quit & yet                  

Decodable Book:   Bub and the Nut

Topics This Week:    The first graders have mastered all of the sounds for each letters of the alphabet. We will continue to work on the letters e & u because these letters can be tricky!  We will continue to review these sounds.  The first graders have been working on “diagraphs” which are new sounds that are formed when two consonants are together such as ch, sh, th, and wh (we call these sounds the “H brothers”) Please ask your child to tell you the story we learned to remember the sounds.   

Red Words:  try, two, said, does, from.

Green Words:      with & on.                  

Decodable Book:   The Spy Club

Topics This Week:  The second graders have been working on “blends” which are sounds that are formed when two consonants are together and you hear a little of the first letter and a little of the second letter such as cl, fl, sm, sn, gl, bl, etc. This week we made smoothies in a “blender” to help us remember blends.  Ask your child to tell you all about it.


Red Words:  were, their, eight, there

Green Words: pass, jazz.

Decodable Book:  Snake and the Ape

 

Topics This Week:   The third graders have been working on silent e at the end of word.  Students are learning that the silent e at the end of a word makes the other vowel in the word say its name (long sound).  For example:  pine, cape, rope, etc. 

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