Great Start!

Well, 5 days down and 175 to go!! We've had a great start to the year!  I'm so excited to see all the reading and writing that has been going on in Room 226! We started practicing  our STAMINA this week! In case you've heard that word from your children, I wanted to explain that we are practicing parts of our DAILY 5 Reading which will provide lots of practice for reading fluency and comprehension.  The children LOVE saying the word "Stamina"!  During this time of our day, I will spend a few minutes one-on-one with each child once or twice a week and focus on his/her reading weakness.  It would be a great idea to make sure your child reads at least 10 minutes every night before bed and it would be even better if you let them read aloud to you so that they may practice fluency and reading with expression. Be looking for pictures of our reading practice.  I will be posting them this weekend.  You will see them "Reading to Self" and "Reading to Someone".