Books...Lots and Lots of books!

Did you find all of those little books at the bottom of your child's backpack? Please get them out and start reading every night! Make sure your child points to each word as they read. Ask them to find specific words ("Show me the word go.") or letters ("Do you see the letter B on this page?") And have them retell the story with as many details as possible (I know these are very simple stories, but so are the stories we read in the reading assessments, and almost all of the kids had trouble retelling those, which is a requirement for moving to the next reading level!)

Making Words

We are making words! Every week, we learn a different word family, or spelling pattern. We use letter cards and put them together in different ways to make different words.

Here is the -og word family. Look for these cards to come home this week and practice making words at home. Some will have pictures...

Some might not have pictures. Some words are challenging, like words that have consonant blends (i.e. cl). Some might be good vocabulary words (we talked a lot this week about what a clog is!)

Please keep these cards in a safe place and practice making and reading words often with your kids!

We Love Our Reading Buddies!

Everyother Friday, we get together with our Reading Buddies from Mrs. McNair's 3rd-grade class.
They read to us...

And we read to them...

And we all have fun!