CLASSROOM NOTES AND TPRI

What a week!  With only four days of school this past week and a very busy last two days before our Easter Holiday, our class is going to be working on unit 18 on math, spelling words and reading story will be the same.

 Fluency and the TPRI

The TPRI EOY (end of the year) test is fast approaching, our students must renew their efforts to read everything that you can possibly put in front of them... I have always believed that reading for the sake of reading is a good thing ( Mom used to take my comic books away thinking it would make me a poor student)   Whether reading a text, library, or fun books, our children must put in the time to gain fluency by reading aloud and silently.

Working with words is another challenge particularly words that are found on the TPRI.  The next few weeks Spelling City will have a series of "Challenge Words" That are based on the Graphophonemic parts that are emphasized by the test.   ( not the actual words, that would be unethical...cheating) but words  such as the 

  -ight words

light

night

tight

that way your child will be able to use "prior knowledge" and attack  new similar words such as:

might

Questions found in the text and homework sheet about the reading selection are excellent when trying to develop comprehension or the understanding of what your child has just read.

  Have your child read to you or read silently, then ask him some questions about the story he or she just read....this goes a very long way where a child, is not just reading a line of words, but saying them in an understanding manner and tone.  Knowing that questions are next after they read is a super way to develop comprehension reading skills...

Any Question?  Come by or write a few notes on the reply

Thank you again parents.

Mr F