Take a little PVC pipe and stick a few pieces together and BAM you have a little phone. A few of my kids discovered a little bucket that had a few of these little "phones" sitting inside. At first one student was reading to themselves listening to their own voice, soon after all the little phones were being used. Some kids did not like hearing themselves but others claimed how much easier it was to hear themselves. It will be interesting to see how the use of these little phones impacts our reading time. The Principal even asked about them :)
Tomorrow the goal is to get some Cafe lessons in and Daily 5 practice done including introducing Working with Words. Daily 5 is a structure for literacy education that develops independent reading and writing to allow for more individual attention for those who are struggling with various concepts. Within this Daily 5 time the students will have the choice of 5 different activities that they will work on independently these options are Word Work, Work on Writing, Read to Self, Read to Others and Listen to Reading. We are VERY excited for our set of Robert Munsch audio books to arrive this week to get our listen to reading station up and running. While students are working within these groups I will have the opportunity to begin Guided Reading groups with students that need more individualized time to work on skills that will assist them in Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding Vocabulary or C.A.F.E for short.
Busy week continues tomorrow but it is already Wednesday!
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