First Full Week of Reading

We have had a great full week of reading.  Students enjoyed a wide variety of activities as they were introduced to our text, Harcourt Brace's Storytown.  Students were eager to participate in interactive phonics and sight words games on the Smartboard, and enjoyed reading our first story within the unit theme, Count On Me.

Students participated in an interactive sight word game.  When they threw the koosh ball at the star it "popped" and a high frquency word appeared for all to read aloud.

 This week our phonics skill focused on reviewing the short vowel sounds /a/ and /i/.  We identified many words that contained these vowel sounds within a CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) spelling pattern.

 
 Students enjoyed using their "acting" skills to read aloud "Arthur's Reading Race," practicing appropriate pacing and expression, with a partner.