Guided Reading Stories

All children are involved in Guided Reading lessons.  The books use predictable language,
repetition of high-utility words, and feature illustrations that support understanding of the text.  This program enables us to work with each child at their appropriate reading level.
 

 Reading Stories on Starfall.com

The children have all enjoyed building independent reading skills using this interactive website.  Decoding keys are emphasized as the children read a variety of short and long vowel words.  We also have individual books and writing workbooks to enrich our reading program.

 Daily Writing

The children choose their own topics each day during Writing Time.  They are
encouraged to write about something meaningful, to find words on the Word Wall, and to sound out new words the best they can.  Each day, one child reads their work to the class from the Author's Chair.

 Dot Addition

Our new math program, Investigations in Number, Data and Space, has been an exciting change this year.  The children often work with partners, and share ideas and strategies with the class.  We have worked on finding more than one answer to a problem, and showing how we solved the problem on paper. It has been gratifying to see the growth in the children's ability to communicate a variety of math concepts to each other.

Please feel free to contact me anytime with any questions or concerns.  I have seen wonderful growth and excitement about learning and look forward to a delightful end to the school year.
 
Holly Cumler email: hcumler@msad50.org