Reading
We are using the Harcourt Storytown Reading/Language Arts program. Storytown is a research-based, developmental program which includes the use of high-quality fiction and non-fiction selections. Your child will be reading narratives, poems, plays, and fantasy as well as contemporay news articles, biographies, and research material. The instruction is sequentially based and moves the children through a process of direct instruction, modeling, guided practice, and application. Ongoing formal and informal assessments are important in identifying when skills have been mastered or if intervention through additional instructional support is necessary. The following skills will be addressed in the program:
* Phonemic Awareness
* Phonics
* Fluency
* Comprehension
* High-Frequency Words
* Robust Vocabulary
* Spelling
* Grammar
* Writing
* Listening, Speaking, and Performing
The series also includes a computer program, Splash Into Phonics, which provides opportunities to reinforce phonics skills and high-frequency words.
* Phonemic Awareness
* Phonics
* Fluency
* Comprehension
* High-Frequency Words
* Robust Vocabulary
* Spelling
* Grammar
* Writing
* Listening, Speaking, and Performing
The series also includes a computer program, Splash Into Phonics, which provides opportunities to reinforce phonics skills and high-frequency words.
August 30 - Sept. 3
Theme: Follow Me
Get Started Story: "Tag"
Main Selection: "Let's Tap" ----------------------Genre: Nonfiction
(Nonfiction stories are about real people and events that happen in
real life. In nonfiction, the pictures and words work together to give
information.)
High-Frequency Words: let's, now, help
Phonics: Short Vowel /a/a
at, an, and, add, am, cat, ham, hat, fan, tap, act, back, sat,
tag, ant, pat, ask, dad, man, lap, map, had, can, ran, van, bag,
cap, Max, bat, nap, sad, jam, pan, mat,
Robust Vocabulary:
1. bothered - If you are bothered, you are upset or unhappy.
2. distance - If you are at a distance from someone or something, you
are far away, not close.
3. form - If you form something, you make it or shape it.
4. attention - If you pay attention, you you listen or watch very
carefully.
5. perform - If you perform, you do something such as sing, dance,
act, or read a poem for a group of people.
6. supportive - If you are supportive of someone, you help them believe
they can do something.
Focus Skill: Make Predictions
When we read we think about what might happen next.
Good readers use two things to help them make predictions about a
story.
1. Information from the story, such as the title, the words, and the
illustrations.
2. What they know from their own personal experiences.
Think of a prediction that makes sense.
Monitor Comprehension: Answer Questions
Answering questions as you read will help you think about what is
happening.
Fluency: Accuracy
Fluent readers read the words accurately.
Get Started Story: "Tag"
Main Selection: "Let's Tap" ----------------------Genre: Nonfiction
(Nonfiction stories are about real people and events that happen in
real life. In nonfiction, the pictures and words work together to give
information.)
High-Frequency Words: let's, now, help
Phonics: Short Vowel /a/a
at, an, and, add, am, cat, ham, hat, fan, tap, act, back, sat,
tag, ant, pat, ask, dad, man, lap, map, had, can, ran, van, bag,
cap, Max, bat, nap, sad, jam, pan, mat,
Robust Vocabulary:
1. bothered - If you are bothered, you are upset or unhappy.
2. distance - If you are at a distance from someone or something, you
are far away, not close.
3. form - If you form something, you make it or shape it.
4. attention - If you pay attention, you you listen or watch very
carefully.
5. perform - If you perform, you do something such as sing, dance,
act, or read a poem for a group of people.
6. supportive - If you are supportive of someone, you help them believe
they can do something.
Focus Skill: Make Predictions
When we read we think about what might happen next.
Good readers use two things to help them make predictions about a
story.
1. Information from the story, such as the title, the words, and the
illustrations.
2. What they know from their own personal experiences.
Think of a prediction that makes sense.
Monitor Comprehension: Answer Questions
Answering questions as you read will help you think about what is
happening.
Fluency: Accuracy
Fluent readers read the words accurately.
Robust Vocabulary
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