October 20 - November 20
Room 202 has been very busy over the past month. Catch up here to find out what we have been up to and what we are doing next! Reading Strategies: Our CAFE board (Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding Vocabulary) helps to structure our Read to Self and Read to Someone time. Students choose target goals in a conference with me and work for one to two weeks on those goals. I spoke about these during many parent teacher interviews. If your child does not remember his or her goals, it's probably time to revisit the board, and or to pick a new one! Examples of reading strategies were sent home in your child's Reading Log file folder. Daily 4: We have been practicing choosing our own "Daily 4" activities during the morning literacy block, in preparation for guided reading groups. Guided reading allows me to meet individually with several small groups of children each day. With 19 busy 6 and seven year olds, you can imagine the amount of work that go