Literacy News from Sarah Pagogna
February 2022 Edition
Exploring High Interest Text
Classroom libraries should include a wide range of text for children including: magazines, poetry, storybooks, non-fiction (in a variety of topics), and biographies, to name a few. Teachers can access these books by using points from their Scholastic Orders or heading to the library in your school. Teachers can maximize their resources by trading tubs of books with other teachers and rotating them on a monthly basis.
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
A Light in the Attic delights with remarkable characters and hilariously profound poems in a collection readers will return to again and again.
The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett
When Aloo-ki glances up from fishing and sees her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe, she races after them. She comes upon an igloo with no one home and goes inside.
Turns out the polar bear family who lives there is out walking while their breakfast cools off. Aloo-ki eats some soup, tries on their boots, and finally crawls into the smallest bed for a nap. Meanwhile, Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear see her dogs adrift, swim out to rescue them and return home to find Aloo-ki fast asleep in Baby Bear's bed.
Turns out the polar bear family who lives there is out walking while their breakfast cools off. Aloo-ki eats some soup, tries on their boots, and finally crawls into the smallest bed for a nap. Meanwhile, Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear see her dogs adrift, swim out to rescue them and return home to find Aloo-ki fast asleep in Baby Bear's bed.
Who Would Win Book Series by National Geographic
With big-time sports style and drama, this fun book brings epic animal matchups to life, pitting awesome contenders against each other in all kinds of crazy competitions!
Essential Instructional Practice focus for February- Essential 8 Abundant Reading Material and Opportunities
The classroom includes:
- a wide range of books and other texts, print, audio, and digital, including information books, poetry, and storybooks that children are supported in accessing
- books and other materials connected to children’s interests and that reflect children’s backgrounds and cultural experiences, including class- and child-made books
- books children can borrow to bring home and/or access digitally at home
- comfortable places in which to read books, frequently visited by the teacher(s) and by adult volunteers recruited to the classroom
- opportunities for children to engage in independent reading of materials of their choice every day, with the teacher providing instruction and coaching in how to select texts and employ productive strategies during reading, feedback on children’s reading, and post-reading response activities including text discussion
Take the Perception Survey to check your knowledge and comfort level with Essential 8
K-5 Student Success Calendar for February
Check out this PDF for literacy activities, books, and ideas to send home with students each month. Reading makes everything better!
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Links to previous Literacy Newsletters
September Edition- Essential 1: Motivation and Engagement
October Edition- Essential 3: Small Group InstructionNovember Edition- Essential 4: Phonemic Awareness
December Edition- Essential 6: Writing Instruction
January Edition- Essential 5: Phonics Instruction
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Email: spagogna@geneseeisd.org
Location: Genesee Intermediate School District, West Maple Avenue, Flint, MI, USA
Phone: 81-394-2431