Where to begin....
This week we celebrated our first May birthday- Happy Birthday, Liam! A special thank you to Liam's Mom for coming in to read to the class :)
In Fundations, I shared the story "Cod Fish" with the children. After reading the title we predicted what the story might be about. Then, I selected a student to come read each sentence with the Baby Echo pointer and the class repeated each sentence. After we read the story once in this manner, we read it all together with choral reading. Then, the students "made a movie in their heads." I told them to close their eyes and picture the story. Then, I asked someone to describe what they saw in their movie, discussing each sentence. Finally, I modeled retelling the story in my own words and asked a student to retell it in their own words. I was thrilled to see that each child's version was slightly different. Below is a copy of the story if you would like to have your child retell it at home :)
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We have been working hard spelling words with digraphs, too:)