Week Review: This week we are continuing to work on building words and making GOOD predictions while "backing them up". Level E will be building words using two vowels that come together in the middles of a word. Some examples may be: ow, ou, ea, etc. Level F will be working with word families & spelling patterns to help with unknown words. Level G will practice giving a simple one sentence prediction before we read our stories. They will be expected to give me a verbal explanation of WHY they think that will happen. Many of the students can make a guess, but they are not sure how they were able to make that guess. We will practice using important "tools" that are available to us to make our guess a GOOD guess: the front cover, the title, a quick picture walk, etc. Level H will also be writing a prediction but will be expected to write their explanation down as well. Level I and above will write good, supported predictions, but we will also stop during our reading and predict again. Students will understand through practice that a good reader predicts at the beginning of reading, but also DURING their reading.
Book/Author Suggestion: This week it is not a book or even an author that I will suggest to you, but a website. At http://www.slcl.org/kids/awards.htm you will find several book that are "Award & Medal Winning Books". The St. Louis County Library has made it easy for you to have access to titles and authors that have won awards/medals last year, and other past years. This is a wonderful place to start when choosing books at the library or for purchase. The Show Me Readers Award, is an annual selection by students in grades 1 through 3. They are wonderful books that can be found in your local library and in our Sappington library. I would love to know which one is YOUR favorite!
Parent Tip: My suggestion this week is to gather the materials you need to create a book with your child. This is wonderful project for you and your child to work on over spring break. Simply take several pieces of construction paper or computer paper, fold them in half and staple them in the center. On the outside cover, encourage your child to come up with a catchy title that will help readers predict what the story is going to be about. Maybe "Spring Break Troubles" or "Rain Again?" Then each day they can create one page in their story, including a picture and sentence(s) that fit the theme of their story. If I were creating a spring break booklet, I might make it more of a journal and have the student write what they did on their first day of spring break, their second day, etc. When your student is finished with their page, they can read it back to you. Once they are finished with their book, have them sit the family down and read the entire thing to them, showing pictures and all!!!!
Have a WONDERFUL spring break!
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