As we get our second week underway we continue to establish and practice our classroom routines. The students are gaining comfort with one another and are getting into the swing of being at school all day again. We have been doing a lot of team building and group work to develop some positive relationships! Ask your child about their pipe cleaner and tin foil challenge and their table group names!  

Reading the picutres is the first strategy that we discussed so that everyone can feel successful. Many kids are eager to grab books that are appealing to them but may be a little too tough to read the words at this moment. However, the nice part about this strategy is that pictures in books provide many clues for what is happening in the story and helps build comprehension. Even students that are able to read the words of their chosen book benefit from spending some time focusing on the pictures to look for supporting evidence to text.