PUNCHES

"The Job of an educator is to teach students to see the vitality in themselves."


PUNCHES is the new reading strategy that we are using for our EOG practice passages.
P- predict
U- underline in the passage Who, What, When, and Where
N- now read
C- circle the important words in the questions
H- hunt for the answer
E- eliminate the bad choices
S- select the best answer

I will at training Tue. Jan 31st- Thurs. Feb 2nd. Please email if you need to contact me.

Thanks,
Kalyn

It has been a while

"Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come on earth."

This year has been a really busy year. My kids are doing great things and making wonderful progress!

Grades 3-6 have started working on review and strategies to use during the EOGs. Make sure they are getting lots of sleep. I have set up an online tool that they can use if they have time at home to work on different skills. www.easycbm.com they are to follow the link that says students click here, username is: kwyrick3 and then they know what to do from there. If not... email me.

Grades 1-2 we are moving right along in our reading and math programs. I am very pleased with what they have done thus far. A few tricks that we use to help us decode words...

ar: says arrrrr like a pirate.
or: noise that a walrus makes
ch: like a train
er: they used to be friends but they are not anymore so when they have to get in line beside of one another they get mad and say errrrr!!
wh: you just ran a mile and your out of breath so you say wh and let all your air out.

There are a few other blends that the kids have not learned yet so I will be sure to post those soon.

I want to say thank you for all the support that you all give me throughout the year and the gifts that I received during Christmas. I love each and everyone of you.

Mrs. Cobb