Reading (9:50-11:10)

This year we will be learning how to improve our reading skills in many ways.  One of my biggest goals is to teach children the love of reading.  There is a big focus on comprehension strategies this year.  Everyday we will be reading independently, reading in groups, reading together and reading with the teacher.   We might also read with a buddy or listen to reading.  We know that the only way to get better at reading, is to.....

read, read, read!

 Book Related Websites:

 Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society for Kids

Children's Authors

http://www.wimpykid.com/

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid website

Newberry Award Winners

 General Reading Links:

 http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html

• Into the book- pracitce comprehension strategies

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/books/all.asp

• Books and activities to go with them, divided by genre.

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/Games/Game.html?GameName=MadLibsSchoolRules&Brain=reading&GameNumber=1&Color=FFFFFF

• Mad Libs

http://www.funbrain.com/books/ameliawritesagain/book.html?ActualPage=1

• Read Amelia Writes Again.

http://www.funbrain.com/comics/comic_ontherocks.html

• Read a comic

http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/flipwords/index.htm

• Make words and guess the phrase.

http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/typingmonster/start.htm

• Typing game

http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/wordlab/start.htm

• Make words to try and find the final word.

Poetry with Jack Prelutsky

Giggle Poetry