Free Dress Day / Spelling, HF words and Target Vocbulary/ Fluency

Parents and Followers of this Blog:

Tomorrow, September 07 is free dress day.   All students may wear regular clothes except what is not allowed as stated by district policy.
Again, our class has exhibited exemplary behavior and has earned this distinction.

Keep in mind that we have 3 sets of words to learn every week.
1. spelling   2. high-frequency words  and 3 target vocabulary

The spelling words are to be learned and will be tested starting on Wednesday and Friday ( if grade is lower than a 90) On short weeks the test will be given on  Thursday and Friday, with make ups on the following Monday.

High Frequency words are to be learned and will be tested by having the student read the list to the teacher.
(Some parents are concerned that they will not know how to spell these words, but trust me we will eventually learn them during the year.)

Target Vocabulary is just that, the student must know the word, how to say it and know the definition.
Students are tested over the vocabulary by use of a matching test.

Fluency

What is Fluency?   Fluency is being able to read a passage, story or article without having to stop at every word to decode or sound out.  In essence to be able to read where a listener is actually hearing a story instead of what sounds like a list of words.
By the end of the year, your child must be able to read at least 90 words per minute.
This is very important to the reader since they must comprehend what they read and the best way to do that is  that the passage sound like a story.  Also, since the STAAR test is now a timed test our students must read the passage, read the questions, reread,  then answer questions. Our student will not have the luxury of reading the test and answering till the end of the day.

What Do I Do?  Practice, practice, practice....read, reread and read again.... It's o.k. to read something over and over, but eventually your child will get bored and need new challenges. Hopefully our reader text will provide  much of the needed practice your child will need to develop.
... More later....

Mr. Fierros