Wilson Reading
Ms. Sorenson
February 15, 2024
Students have just finished up step 7 of the Wilson Reading program (working with advanced sounds, soft g, softc, dge, tch, ph, tion, sion, and contractions). Students will begin working with step 8 words, sounds, and concepts (r-controlled syllables) when we return from vacation.
Students have been focusing on reading articles and short stories about characters/people. They have worked to identify how these characters/people feel by identifying the things they say, do, and think. Student have then been examining how people, places, and events influence how people/characters change throughout the passages. Students will continue to explore this topic when we return from vacation.
Students have also been learning about vocabulary strategies such as context clues. They have been working on reading passages with unfamiliar words and using context clues to ask themselves, "what do I know about the topic?", "what makes sense?" in order to make educated guess about the meaning of unfamiliar words within text. This skills will continue to worked on through the month of February.
During our weekly long block students continue to build their independent reading stamina, by reading narrative and informational texts and reflecting on their reading by "Asking Questions," "Making Predictions," "Making a Connection," "Summarizing", "Setting Effect", "Characterization", "Identifying Text Features" and "Main Idea/Details" .
