What's Happening in 2A?: Readers

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Readers

Thank you so much to our 2 readers that volunteered last week. The kids really enjoy listening to stories...especially when someone besides me is reading them:) As you may have heard, one of our guests was Les Askelson from KVIK radio station. He asked us to record the pledge and then he would play it once in a while on the station. The kids were very excited about this!!!!! We recorded it the next day and Les played it last Friday. He said he would play it more than once so when I hear of the next time I'll let you and your child know.

If last week didn't work for you to come and read and you would still like to, please let me know. Please send a note or contact me with a day and time that works for you and we'll make that work in our schedule. The note I sent does list the times that work best for us -- they do not include specials, recess, and lunch. Thanks again!

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Janelle HalversonMarch 19, 2010 at 4:14 PM
Commenting for Les:

Les says - he had a great time over there and is really happy you guys recorded the Pledge of Allegiance for us - that was AWESOME!!
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AnonymousMarch 19, 2010 at 4:16 PM
Commenting for Les:

Les says - he had a great time over there and is really happy you guys recorded the Pledge of Allegiance for us - that was AWESOME!!

Janelle at KVIK! :)
PS - really cool Blog!!!
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Comprehension Skills and Strategies

Distinguish Fact and Opinion: Your child learned that facts are statements that can be proved. Opinions are what someone believes. The words I believe, I think, and in my view are clues that someone is expressing an opinion. Most students are able to state a fact; however, opinions are more challenging. Please practice this at home.

Sequence Events: Sequence is the order in which event take place. Clue words such as first, next, then, and last help readers know when events occur. When your child is summarizing have them sequence the events using the clue words.

Make Inferences: This is a strategy that readers use to understand what they are reading. When making an inference, readers need to fill in information that the author did not include. Readers must combine what they know with details from the text.
Pictures and words (text clues) + background knowledge (what we know) = an inference

Summarize: A summary is a paragraph or a statement in your own words that gives the most important ideas from the text that was read. Step 1: find the main ideas from the selection. Step 2: shorten and combine those ideas.

Categorize and Classify: We can categorize and classify objects, evens, ideas, and characters by how they are alike and how they fit into groups. When students are reading they can find types of things that are similar and group them into the same category.

Monitor Comprehension: Students must ALWAYS monitor their comprehension while they are reading. If they don't understand what was read they need to reread it. When readers are confused they can use "fix-up" strategies. Here is a list of those strategies:
*reread more slowly
*look up words
*read on
*use picture clues
*summarize
*ask for help