The first grade reading groups have been working on decoding basic code words. Basic code refers to consonant-vowel-consonant words (CVC). These words all have short vowel sounds. Examples include: hat, pig, mop. We also work on decoding nonsense CVC so that we can insure that the students are using their decoding skills and not just memorizing common words like cat and dog. As always, we try to incorporate many different activities into our learning. The students are doing a great job improving their skills!
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The kindergarten students have been working very hard the past few weeks on increasing their phonemic awareness skills. We have been focusing on the ability to identify the initial sounds in words. This is an important skill that helps build the foundation for learning to read. We are not focusing on identifying the name of the first letter, just the sound. We sometimes pair it with the letter to increase their awareness of which letters go with which sounds. When we practice, we use flash cards, file folder games, buckets of objects, SmartBoard activities, and iPad apps. At Herbert Mills we believe that it is very important for students to know where their skills are, set learning goals for themselves, and work hard to achieve their goals. Mrs. Brower shared these beautiful graphs with Miss Weyandt and we are using them with all of our reading intervention groups. The green section indicates a range that is considered to be grade-level. The yellow stared section in the green range indicates the winter benchmark for DIBELS and where we expect the students to be when they are tested in December. The students were shown their fall benchmark scores from DIBELS and placed them on the graph with the pink strips. We then put their first progress monitoring score on a blue strip and place it on the graph. The students were very excited and proud of themselves for the progress they have already made. They then were asked to make a personal goal for where they wanted to be the next time they were progress monitored in two weeks. Their goals were marked on the yellow stars. Miss Weyandt is very proud of how hard they have been working to reach their goals! This week we will be progress monitoring again! Make sure to ask your students about their progress towards their goals!! You may have heard of a website called Class Dojo. Class Dojo is a behavior management tool that allows students to receive positive reinforcement and help decrease negative behavior. We are using Class Dojo in my room this year for all speech-language therapy groups and reading intervention groups. The students will have a chance to earn points every day for many things including: working hard, being a good listener, walking quietly in the hallway, following directions, etc. When the students earn 10 points they receive a Paw Print. When they reach 20 points they get to pick a special pencil. When they reach 30 points they get to pick a QR code prize. QR prizes are little bar codes that they will scan to show them their prize. These prizes may include having lunch with Miss Weyandt, sitting in Miss Weyandt's teacher chair during group time, earning extra iPad time, earning a piece of candy, etc. So far, the students are very excited to earn their Dojo points each day!
Marcie Rudick and Rozlie Townsend are second year graduate students studying speech-language pathology at The Ohio State University. Miss Rudick is at Herbert Mills on Mondays and Wednesdays and Miss Townsend is at Herbert Mills on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Through my guidance, they will be working with speech and reading groups. They have been doing a great job so far and we are lucky to have them! If you see them, please make sure to welcome them to Mills and thank them for all of their hard work and dedication to our students :)
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