Due to technical difficulties with email and storage space on my Blog, I apology for the delay in posting the students hard work BUT here they are, at last, in all their glory! The children in Ms Martin’s and Mrs. D. Power’s class are so excited about their hard work and efforts AND that they […]
Continue reading →Our next group of performers are: Riona, Georgie, Connor, Leland and Nora. What a wonderful age to work with … they are so excited about being able to ‘show off’ how well they read and ham it up when practicing. They did decide they needed to be serious when working on their final recording because […]
Continue reading →This last week I worked with Katie, Jack, Hannah, Martin and Bernie. They had a great time recording their version of There Was an Old Lady Mother Goose Rhyme. Reading out loud is a skill that takes a lot of practice. The children have practiced many times with a discussion about what they read and […]
Continue reading →I have the privilege of working with some first grade classrooms on reading Fluency. Fluency is defined as reading with pace, clarity, intonation, expression, and demonstrates one’s comprehension of the text being read. One way to work on fluency is to have students participate in a Reader’s Theater. This is telling a story with just […]
Continue reading →On February 27th, Chickering students and staff celebrated their completion of our 4th Annual Fit & Lit Incentive. The students were eager to learn which classroom had read and exercised with the closest balanced minutes and 100% participation. Third place: Mrs Brannelly’s second grade class with 95% participation and minutes closely balanced earned a story […]
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