Book Adventure

Book Adventure is a fun, free way to motivate young people to read! 
Youth from Kindergarten through Jr. High School can search for books, read
them offline, come back to quiz on what they’ve read, while earning prizes for
their efforts and reading success.   Take a look:

http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx

Getting the Most Out of a Book

Ideas to help readers with their nonfiction reading material:

http://www.readingrockets.org/pdfs/edextras/55348-en.pdf

Reading & Math 2013: Moving to Common Core

Links (below) contains a "Roadmap" for the 2013 Illinois Standards Achievement Test for both
English Language Arts

http://www.isbe.net/assessment/pdfs/2013/isat/roadmap-ela-13.pdf

and Math

http://www.isbe.net/assessment/pdfs/2013/isat/roadmap-math-13.pdf

Youngsters Volunteering, a Good Thing!

 Children can help in their community!

http://www.rantsfrommommyland.com/2012/11/kids-can-volunteer-they-just-cant-clean.html

Say YES to Rhymes!

If you mistakenly thought that rhyming books were meant for little kids, think again!

http://imaginationsoup.net/2012/11/how-rhyming-teaches-kids-literacy-skills/

Grade 2

2^nd Grade   Week # 11    November 19-20, 2012    ~Review  Sight Words

*TOUCH LETTERS:  th, ch, wh & sh, all vowels, s, es, ing & silent e

Lessons are aligned to The Common Core Standards: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf

MON 19 CC Emphasis:  Demonstrate an understanding of spoken words, syllables & sounds/phonemes

Phonemics Awareness	x	Lexia Interventions & targeted lessons
Phonics	x
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Fluency

TUE 20  CC Emphasis:  Know/ apply grade level phonics/word analysis skills in decoding words                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Phonemics Awareness		Lexia Interventions & targeted lessons
Phonics
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Fluency

  WED   21  

Phonemics Awareness		Thanksgiving Break
Phonics
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Fluency

              

  THU 22   

Phonemics Awareness		Thanksgiving Break
Phonics
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Fluency

              

FRI  23    Thanksgiving Break

                                                     

Common Core Guided Reading Skills: read on-level text with purpose & understanding. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Grade 1

1^st Grade   Week #11    November 19-20, 2012    ~Review  Sight Words

* TOUCH LETTERS: th, ch, wh & sh, all vowels, s, es, ing & silent e

Lessons are aligned to The Common Core Standards: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf

MON  19  CC Emphasis:  Demonstrate an understanding of spoken words, syllables & sounds/phonemes

Phonemics Awareness		Lexia Interventions & targeted lessons
Phonics
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Fluency

TUE  20  CC Emphasis: Read on-level text w/ purpose & understanding

Phonemics Awareness		Lexia Interventions & targeted lessons
Phonics
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Fluency

WED  21 

Phonemics Awareness		Thanksgiving Break
Phonics
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Fluency

THU  22 

Phonemics Awareness		Thanksgiving Break
Phonics
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Fluency

FRI  23           Thanksgiving Break

Common Core Guided Reading Skills: read on-level text with purpose & understanding.  Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Discover Kenn Nesbitt

 Poetry4Kids is an inviting site that will tickle everyone's funny bone!  Please use and share it.  We can even sign-up to have poems delivered weekly to our in-boxes.  Kenn Nesbitt has created excellent prose to enjoy, reread, and inspire.  Why not use his material as repeated reading, to increase fluency?

http://www.poetry4kids.com/

Grade 1

1^st Grade   Week #10    November 12-16, 2012    ~Review  Sight Words

* TOUCH LETTERS: th, ch, wh & sh, all vowels, s, es, ing & silent e

Lessons are aligned to The Common Core Standards: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf

MON  12  CC Emphasis:  Demonstrate an understanding of spoken words, syllables & sounds/phonemes

Phonemics Awareness	x	Touch Phonics TG  Lesson 7 p. 16-17  ~building words *Short Vowel  REVIEW  *New Sight Words:   do  have they Yellow letters: c, t, p, l, m, t, n, b, n, h, g, d, s 4 Review: *Touch Phonics TG  Word Lists pp. 22-25
Phonics	x
Comprehension	x
Vocabulary	x
Fluency	x

TUE  13  CC Emphasis: Read on-level text w/ purpose & understanding

Phonemics Awareness	x	Heggerty lesson 7      *5 Min.  p.13             1st Read:  The Pig Pen, & Leveled Readers/other               materials to serve pupils @ your table. CC Guided Reading: phrasing, decoding, character, setting, context/picture clues, predict, summarize using correct order of events
Phonics	x
Comprehension	x
Vocabulary	x
Fluency	x

WED  14  CC Emphasis:  Read on-level text w/ purpose & understanding

Phonemics Awareness	x	Heggerty lesson 7     *5 Min.  p.13             2nd Read:  The Pig Pen & Leveled Readers/other               materials to serve pupils @ your table. CC Guided Reading: phrasing, decoding, character, setting, context/picture clues, predict, summarize using correct order of events
Phonics	x
Comprehension	x
Vocabulary	x
Fluency	x

THU  15  CC Emphasis:  Read on-level text w/ purpose & understanding

Phonemics Awareness	x	Heggerty lesson 7    *5 Min.  p.13             Additional Reading/ Writing activities for The Pig Pen & Leveled           Readers/other materials to serve pupils @ your table. CC Guided Reading: phrasing, decoding, character, setting, context/picture clues, predict, summarize using correct order of events
Phonics	x
Comprehension	x
Vocabulary	x
Fluency	x

FRI  16           Heggerty lesson 7  *5 Min.  p.13            

 Reading/ Writing activities with SHORT VOWEL SOUND books (middle table)
& Leveled  Readers/other materials to serve pupils @ your table.

Common Core Guided Reading Skills: read on-level text with purpose & understanding.
  Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.