WPES Reader
January Literacy Newsletter
Happy New Year!
Bring on the New Year!
- stations
- independent reading
- reading stamina
- finding just right books
New Year, New Goal!
- Read a variety of books
- Increase reading stamina
- Use strategies to decode words
- Read with expression and voice
Be an Inspiration in 2016!
"Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."
-Swami Sivananda
Fountas and Pinnell Assessments
Please assess your intervention students first, and any students you are concerned about needing intervention. When you are finished assessing these students, put the assessments in my box with your name on the top. We use this data to create our groups for intervention. The interventionists will be meeting on January 19 to discuss our current students, adding new students, and/or dismissing students.
Literacy Day
Friday, Feb 26, 2016, 08:30 AM
Our School
Literacy Book Room-Update
- Multi-level texts: one book written in 2 different levels (located near level Z books)
- Content Area leveled books: these are housed by level within our leveled books
- Poetry Books: sets to use in Guided Reading (these are not by level, but are located near level Z books)
- Readers Theater: take all books with each set (even if you do not need all books), these are located near level Z books
- Short Reads: level A-Z (these will be located behind level Z books in zip-loc bags) Please only take a few bags at a time and not the entire red bucket. The set only came with 1 lesson plan guide for each level so we are having to make copies and put in individual bags. I will try to get these up and going ASAP, but it is a lot to copy.
REMINDER: Remember to take all 6 books and the lesson plan guide. Please return all 6 books and the lesson plan guide on the table at the door. We have a lot of sets missing books and/or the lesson plan guide.
How I can Help
- The Next Step in Guided Reading: If you would like to see a lesson in action I can come model for one or more of your groups. We can also co-teach a group together or write some lesson plans together for you to use.
- Trouble fitting it all in??? We can work together to analyze your reading block schedule so that 75% of students' time is spent in engaged reading, writing, and/or researching.
- Complete an SEI on your class: I would be happy to come in and do the first one if you like. Remember the more data the better for being able to see patterns. Email me a day and time that would work best for you.
Thanks for all you do! As teachers, we are constantly learning and teaching new ways to best meet the needs of our students. I love being a part of West Pelzer and am so thankful to be on this journey of teaching with you! My door is always open so please let me know how I can help you!
Email: leopardm@apps.anderson1.org
Phone: 864-947-6424