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What Will Reading Instruction Look Like in Our Classroom?
Teaching your child to read is a task that I am passionate about. Children need to learn to think deeply about their reading AND learn to decode unknown words at the same time. This is what makes the process of learning to read so complex, and also why we call it BALANCED literacy! Here's what you will find us doing during our reading time:
- We will be exposed DAILY to higher level, rich and engaging texts through daily read aloud.
- We will be engaged in a number of shared reading and writing experiences at the whole class level.
- We will learn to read by spending time during independent reading engaged in effective practice.
- We will follow the Fundations program, which explicitly provides phonics instruction.
- We will learn that "sounding it out" will not always work when we come across a tricky word. We will learn to use effective strategies to determine what the word is. When we try to figure out a word we will ask if our guess: looks right?, sounds right? and Does it make sense?
- We will learn that fluency is when you're reading sounds like talking! We will learn that strong readers read with expression and phrasing- no matter what level reader we are!
Students will be participating in rigorous and engaging academics every day through Reader's and Writer's Workshop. Children will be exposed to rich children's literature, work on comprehension strategies, create writing pieces and sharpen phonics skills! It is my favorite time of the day, and as your child develops as a reader and writer, I know you will see why!
What is Fundations?
Fundations is a systematic (goes from simple to complex) and explicit (teacher directly teaches skill) phonics program that teaches children important sounds, words and reading strategies that they need to move forward in reading higher level text. Click below for an introduction to the program, a letter formation guide and parent resources our first few units of study.
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