We reviewed how to pick a just right book and looked at the pictures we took yesterday. We also discussed what to do when we get to a "tricky word" (a word we can't read):
1. Reread the sentence, thinking about the story.
2. Look at the picture, thinking about the story.
3. Look at the first letter. Thinking about the story, try a word. Ask yourself: does it look right...sound right?
4. Look again at the 1st letter, then the second letter. Look for a little word inside a big word. Point (to the first letter), then slide. (say the sounds). Think about the story. Does it look right...sound right?
Please don't tell your child to sound out a word. Using that strategy first takes them away from the meaning of the text. Also, if your child is in 1st grade, do not tell them to skip the word and come back. They won't. They aren't developmentally ready to do this.
In math we wrote in our math journal about "Where do we use math?" Writing is a part of math, as well as reading time and of course, writing.
We continued to work on our ABC books. We used the ELMO to show Branden's ABC book. So far he has A is for apples, so juicy and delicious. What great word choice!
And....we went to P.E. and music!
Tomorrow we will go to Art and to the computer lab. Next week MAP testing starts and we are going to do a practice MAP test tomorrow.
When MAP testing is over in October, we will resume (really begin!) weekly computer lab time.
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