Today we went to a Kinderconcert. The Portland Symphony Orchestra came to Brunswick High School and performed Carnival of the Animals. Our music teacher Mrs. Drury has been teaching the students about this piece of music and the instruments they would see today. It was so exciting to see the kids connect what they've been learning in music to a real performance.
Connections carried over today in reading groups. We read our books and then made Text to Self connections about what we read. A Text to Self connection is made when something you are reading makes you think about something in your life. We all took turns connecting books about butterflies to monarchs we have seen, rabbits hopping to our grandmother's rabbits, and an owl looking for a friend to our own times of wanting someone to play with. Text to Self connections are a way to improve our reading comprehension. We will be talking more about these connections in class.
You can also make Text to Self connections when you are reading at home. Ask your child what the stories you read make her think of. I guarantee it will be a great conversation starter. Have a great night!
Showing posts with label reading strategies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading strategies. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Sight Word Eggs
Today we each wrote words and tucked them into plastic eggs. Then the kids hid their eggs around the room. When all the eggs were hidden the kids then went looking for eggs. They brought the eggs back to circle and read the words inside. We used sight words as well as palindromes (words spelled the same backward as forward). Whenever somebody came up with a palindrome we put it on our new chart. So far we have the following words on our chart: wow, did, hannah anna, peep, pop kayak, dad, mom, noon, bib, bob, and pip. See if you can add any to our list with your child.
The kiddos are also taking bookmarks home today. These bookmarks have strategies to read tough words. The strategies include: looking at the picture, saying the first and last sound, stretching the word out, finding chunks you can read in the word, skipping it and reading on, trying different sounds that letters can make, go back to the beginning and try again. Then, if you still can't read the word, ask for help. We will be focussing many lessons on these strategies and it will help if you also support this work at home.
Tomorrow is going to be exciting as we use natural objects to dye eggs!
The kiddos are also taking bookmarks home today. These bookmarks have strategies to read tough words. The strategies include: looking at the picture, saying the first and last sound, stretching the word out, finding chunks you can read in the word, skipping it and reading on, trying different sounds that letters can make, go back to the beginning and try again. Then, if you still can't read the word, ask for help. We will be focussing many lessons on these strategies and it will help if you also support this work at home.
Tomorrow is going to be exciting as we use natural objects to dye eggs!
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