The Zoo

We had SO much fun at the zoo! Everyone was very excited and well behaved! Thanks to all of the parents who helped out on the trip! 

On the way to the zoo!

Play!

Reading Strategies

Some of you have asked me to further explain our reading strategies that we use within the classroom. 

Owl eyes: use your eyes to look at the picture clues. 

Lips the fish: get your lips ready to say the first sound of the word (this can help to avoid guessing) 

Stretchy the snake: stretch the word out sound by sound (we use our arms and tap for each sound) 

Flippy the dolphin: flip the vowel sound and try the long sound or short sound to see what makes sense. 

Chunky monkey: look for chunks/blends within the word you are sounding out. (Vowel patterns-when 2 vowels go walking the first one does the talking- blends (2 letters that together make 1 sound) we refer to jolly phonics phase 3 for this! 

Skippy the frog: skip the word you don't know and read until the period and then hop back to figure it out. 

Tryin lion: keep trying different words to see what makes the most sense. If it doesn't try again!! And never give up!! 

Author's Chair

We have always liked to share our writing with each other and show off all of our hard work! Here are a few photos of them reading their informational book aloud to the class! 

Our Star of the Week: Cooper