Welcome Back!

Welcome back to another exciting year!
I have visited with all of my students...it's always so exciting to see how much they've grown over the summer.
I will begin testing new students for Dyslexia next week and then begin pulling my currently served Dyslexic students on September 21st.
Hope you all had a restful summer! 

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Read Across America Day

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If you aren't following these groups on Facebook, you need to start asap!

Edutopia 

Turning Around Dyslexia

The Dyslexia Project Decoding Dyslexia

The Reading Tutor/Orton Gillingham

What is Dyslexia?

The following TED-ed lesson by Kelli Sandman-Hurley goes into depth about the spectrum of dyslexia.
So interesting!! Click on the link to watch.

What is Dyslexia?

Click here to read The Lowdown on Dyslexia, another great article by Sandman-Hurley all about Dyslexia.

Surviving Brick Johnson

When we get back from the Holiday Break my 5th Graders and I are going to be reading Surviving Brick Johnson by Laurie Myers. To view our Padlet Wall where we will be posting our predictions, connections, "aha's", etc. scan the QR Code below.

                                 

 

Phonological Awareness Using the SMART Board

My kiddos love this quick and fun activity and it is extremely beneficial for building phonological awareness.
I open up a blank SMART document then write one CVC (consonant/vowel/consonant) word. I highlight one letter of the CVC word then call on a kiddo to substitute another letter for the highlighted letter. They then write a new word and highlight a letter and on and on. The students take turns and try to make the words longer. You can find several activities similar to this on Pinterest by searching WORD LADDERS. Disclaimer: I have some shorties in my group so we tend to write a lot of words near the bottom and they LOVE to play with colors and fonts.
Again, the kids love it and it requires NO prep, yet reinforces phonological awareness...I'd say that's a win-win!