Our 2nd grade ELT is working hard on their phonics skills. We are using a program called Wilson Reading. This program teaches students to "tap" words on their fingers to help them decode and spell. This program is also helping us improve our fluency and comprehension with weekly practice reading sentences and stories. We are also working on improving our spelling by using tactile activities such as magnet letters, play-doh, and sand.
3rd Graders 8:15-9:00 Daily
Our 3rd grade ELT is working hard on reading fluency and reading comprehension. We do lots of shared readings where we all read together to practice reading with expression. We write responses to these books using Google forms on our computers. We also work on our reading comprehension by competing in "Book Battles." We all read good fit books and then work as a team to answer questions about what we read. The winning team gets a spot on the MVP board until the next Book Battle. Also, just like 2nd grade, we have "Fact Fluency Friday" where we spend time practicing our math fact fluency. On these days we have a competition to see who can answer the most questions correct in one minute and play fluency games to improve.