top of page

 

Five Components of Reading

​

  • Phonemic awareness 

  • Phonics 

  • Vocabulary development 

  • Reading fluency - Rate, accuracy, intonation / expression.

  • Reading comprehension strategies 

 

Writing

In my classroom, students become authors and Illustrators by creating a classroom book.  They learn about the process of preparing a manuscript to send to a publisher and then receive a beautifully bound book to share with their family, community, and to donate to the public library to showcase their writing. This year the title of their classroom book is Fabulous Fables it will be available as an e-book too. 
20180529_100156%20(1)_edited.jpg

Technology

 

​

 

img1524799215188_edited.jpg
under construction

Permission granted by Edie Jones, the author, copyrighted 8/2008 TXu 1-583-110

Read N Race

Read N Race is an activity designed to develop automaticity for sight words.  
img1511883333099.jpg

Reading Foundational Skills

Classroom Activities 
 

 

Through the virtual world of Nearpod, students will take a classroom 360 VR journey to Giza, Egypt to learn about Ancient Egypt and the Valley of the Kings (Pyramids).  Through the use of Hieroglyphics, students will comprehend why Egyptians used symbolism for their early form of communication and writing.   

 

By using Chromebooks, Google Earth will transport students from Edinburg, Illinois to Giza, Egypt, and other wonderful places on the Earth, Sun, and the moon.

 

Google Map 360, will motivate students to use their critical thinking skills to analyze and navigate to real-world places.  

 

Google Docs and Google Live allow all students to communicate in real-time for their Writing and Reading Workshop activities. 

 

 Workshops - All students will learn about the writing process by creating a manuscript and sending their project to a publisher to create a professionally published book.  They will also create poetry by using Figurative Language to expand their vocabulary and ultimately become excellent readers.  

 

Student's works have been showcased through the classroom published books by Studentreasures,  poetry award winners that were published through The America Library of Poetry, and student's work was published in the Illinois Reading Council Journal.  

 

Brown, P. L. (2016). Title 1 Project: Personal Shields. Illinois Reading Council Journal, 44 (3), 32-33.

 

Vocabulary, Dictionary, and Thesaurus are used to identify  Tier 2 and 3 words - Red Hot Spicy words ( Idea from Western University by Professor Sara Simonson), which were transferred into my classroom for multi-content area learning, Math, Science, Social Studies and Technology.  

 

 21st-Century Technology - is utilized daily in my classroom.  Students will have access to over 1200 books at home, during vacations wherever there is internet access through any device. 

 

 

bottom of page