Succeeding with Reading
Scholars focus on beginner reading comprehension and word skills. Scholars will sound new words out in engaging in activities such as drawing and forming words with play-dough. Scholars will also participate in word games, such as mix and match and random word cubes, to increase reading skills as well as to gain basic understanding of how words create classic stories.
First week of class! Class runs Tuesday and Thursdays, between 4:30pm and 5:30pm.
Our first day in class covered introduction, expectations, structure, what books we will read, and how we will write.
Introduce Class Structure Discuss how class is conducted and how we will learn.
Class Expectations What students should expect from instructor, and what instructor inspects from students
Class survey handout and Discussion Students provide their thoughts on reading and writing. Discussion to follow.
Handwriting and sentence structure worksheets To see how students forms letters, words, and sentences.
Vocabulary
city
street
taxi
island
big
building
triangle
lost
dog
gardens
Reading
Begin reading "Larry Gets Lost in New York" by John Skewes. Each student reads a few sentences aloud each turn, and then listens to Miss Adrienne read aloud.
Discussed material read aloud as class.
Writing
Practice handwriting and letter formation; beginning with letter formation, then word formation, then sentence formation.
Worked on capitalization, lowercase, and number formation worksheets.
Wrote one sentence about the material we read today.
Continue reading "Larry Gets Lost in New York" by John Skewes. Each student read a few sentences each turn, and listened to Miss Adrienne read aloud. Discussed material read aloud.
Writing
Practice handwriting and letter formation; beginning with letter formation, then word formation, then sentence formation.
