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You must know that one of the best things about teaching kindergarten is your students' ability to believe whatever you tell them. Like the magic of Santa Claus, or the Tooth Fairy, or leprechauns ... or Spiderman??!! Yes, even believing that Spiderman came to our classroom to tell us how to become the best readers possible! This new reading unit transitions us from focusing on retelling emergent storybook stories (reading from memory and picture support) to focusing on the actual print in the book. Moving away from telling what we think the author could be saying to what the author actually is saying. Away from rereading stories we've already heard aloud to reading brand new, on-our-level stories using our very own reading 'superpowers.' Examples of these "powers" include but are not limited to: pointer power, partner power, letter power, picture power, reread power, fix-it-up power, etc. Parents, you'll get a mini anchor-chart of these powers once we've gone over all of them. This chart will stay in your child's bag of books to come back and forth between school and home. We've only had two lessons in this unit so far. But these lessons are SO EXCITING and CONVINCING and MAKE STUDENTS WANT TO READ SO MUCH that even just two of them are powerful! So let's take a look at the first one. On Thursday, I sat down and pulled out a book to begin my mini-lesson. Camryn couldn't help but interrupt. "There's something there," he said, and pointed. Note: 5-year-olds will always notice something out of place in the classroom. Especially when it has spiderwebs on it. "Oh, you're right!" I said. I picked it up carefully, not wanting to get spiderwebs on my hand. "It says Room 304. Should we go find that room?" "YES!" The kids shouted. We ran to the door, thinking it was a good idea to find out what room we were in to know which direction to head. "OUR ROOM IS 304!" someone shouted. We rushed back inside. The kids were eager to know what was inside. I asked, "Are you sure I should open this? There could be .... spiders inside!" They looked uneasy, but they were certain they wanted to know what was inside. "It's a package!" Camryn kept saying. I reached in and pulled out some more cobwebs. Thanks, Mrs. Buzzell, for capturing all these ridiculous facial expressions. Then I pulled out a letter. "READ IT!" all the kids shouted. I began reading. I paused. "I wonder who wrote this?" I asked. "YOU DID!" Tyce shouted. "Tyce," I said, "Look at this handwriting. It's terrible. My handwriting is much better than this. Do you really think that I wrote this?" All the other kids chimed in, "NO! Her handwriting is WAYYY better!" Tyce still wasn't convinced. By the time I got to the end of the letter, I asked Colin to come read who signed it. He said "Spiderman." I said, "No way! I think you must have read that wrong. Yuto, can you take a look at it?" Yuto looked it over. "YUP. IT SAYS SPIDERMAN." Here's where the kids got really excited. It was time to see what special tool was inside. WOW! Finger flashlights! We got to wear them and go around the room, highlighting words we could read. Students found sight words, other words they know, letters and letter blends. Then students were able to use them to highlight words as they read their books. On Friday before lunch, I started reading the book Skeleton Cat. I told the kids we'd finish it when we got back from lunch. We came in, got our book boxes, and sat down to finish the story. Camryn shouted "THERE'S ANOTHER ONE!" but I kept talking about Skeleton Cat. Other students joined in, saying, "LOOK! LOOK MRS. RICHARDSON! THERE'S ANOTHER ONE!" I paused and looked at them. "Another what?" "ANOTHER PACKAGE!!!" they said excitedly. Sure enough, there was another envelope sitting in the same spot. "No," I said, "I'm fairly certain that's the same package from yesterday. Let's find out what happens to Skeleton Cat!" Greyden said "No, it can't be the same one! You put yesterday's up there," and pointed to my desk. "Oh, you're right!" I told him. "I guess it must be a new one! Should I open it?" "YES!" They all screamed. "But we might not get something we want this time," I cautioned them. They didn't care. They wanted me to open it. Again there was a letter. (I didn't get photos of this one, it happened too quickly. Mrs. Buzzell was out of the room and Mrs. Dean was with the kids as I was setting up. I mean, as Spiderman came by. I wasn't able to give her my phone in time.) This time it said: Super Readers, I will be secretly visiting you and giving you clues to become the MOST SUPER readers on Earth! You will find the first super power in here! -Spiderman And in the envelope, we found (among extra spiderwebs): "What do you think these are for? I don't understand this at all," I said. Annaley said "I think they're for pointing!" "Oh, yes," I said, "They must be for pointing! I put a glow-in-the-dark witch finger on each of my fingers and began playing with them before pointing to each word in Skeleton Cat with all five of my fingers at once. "NOOOOOOOOO," all the students shouted, "YOU HAVE TO SHARE!" I told them if I shared, then I couldn't tap my fingers and make spooky noises. "YOU HAVE TO SHARE," they insisted. "Well, how many are we supposed to get," I asked. "ONE!!" they said. "Oh, I guess that makes sense," I agreed. I let each student come and get a finger before meeting their partner back-to-back for independent reading. As we get new tools to highlight our SUPER READING POWERS, these will get added to our bags of books. To coincide with our new print work, students now have bags of books to take home each night. Students will shop for new books each week based on their specified shopping labels, which tell them how many books to choose from each labeled bin. These labels will change as student reading levels change. Also included in reading bags are our sorting journals (so students can practice sorts at home), library books, poems, and book club badges. And, you know, since the kiddos need to shop for their own books, I needed to stock up our library with some good ones:

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Discover 21 cozy reading corner ideas 📚 to create your perfect reading nook. Transform any space into a reader's paradise with our stylish and comfy suggestions! 🌟

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From the very earliest age, before I could even read myself, I have been an immensely passionate bookworm. Prior to developing the ability to decipher the printed word myself, I would soak up every story read to me with great interest and intensity, and treasured trips to the local book store in the town of Abbotsford where we lived at the time, where my parents would let me select a new children's title of my own to bring home and add with great love to the wee bookshelf in my pink bedroom. Throughout my youth, no other destination brought me as much joy, nor saw me haunt it as frequently, as the public library. No matter how many times I visited, I always felt a fresh jolt of excitement at the thought of going and would return home with with my backpack bulging with a diverse selection of new reads. Everything from the Babysitters Club series to titles in the excellent Eye Witness series to works by classic authors like Dickens and Emily Bronte (I think I was seven or eight when I read Wuthering Heights for the first time) were a part of my early reading repertoire, which would only continue to branch out in even more diverse directions as time went on. My parents and grandparents encouraged and fostered my love of reading, as did my early childhood teachers and even some of my neighbours, and I will forever be grateful to all of them for doing so. In helping me not only become a voracious and devoted reader, but the kind of person who finds an immeasurable amount of joy in books, they enriched, enhanced, and at times even shaped my life in a powerful, and very important way (as well helping make books a deeply important catalyst and continual source of inspiration for my own writing, very much including blogging). To this day, I'm never without at least one book on the go, still visit the library often (rather charmingly, it's the exact same one I haunted frequently as a child after my family moved to Penticton shortly before my ninth birthday), get giddy at the thought of visiting a bookstore (new or used), and have a beloved collection of books on a wildly diverse array of topics. I also happened to, much to my immense delight, marry a fellow bookworm and together in 2010 we founded and have since run a fabulous free new book notification service website called Any New Books (which allows users to sign up to receive weekly emails featuring a hand picked selection of new book titles that have been released in a broad spectrum of topics, opting for the categories that most appeal to them; it is a truly stellar way to stay abreast of the latest releases that are relevant to your interests). Adoring books so very, very much, I was flat out delighted to see a super fun blog post Q&A surface a few months ago (though it may very well predate that point, that's just when I caught wind of it first) on some of the great sites I follow, such as Purple Pinky Honey, that shines the spotlight on one's literary habits. I knew the first moment I caught wind of this post idea, I'd be whipping up one of my own at some point and today, on this immensely lovely summer morning, before the hustle and bustle of the day starts and the temperature soars rapidly, I'd take some highly enjoyable time to do just that. Do you snack while you read? If so, what is your favourite reading snack? Very, very rarely as I'm not a snacker in general. If I am going to nosh while flipping pages though, I usually opt for something that's unlikely to risk damaging the book in any way if dirty finger prints got on the pages or there was a spill. Say, an apple, baked potato chips, or a few squares of gourmet dark chocolate. What is your favourite drink while reading? Much as with eating, I don't usually feel compelled to drink when I read, and I'm afraid my answer is woefully dull, when I do: water (it's the only beverage I drink, no joke, 99% of the time because so many others are challenging for me for medical reasons). Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you? It doesn't horrify me, but it's not something I've ever done, save for textbooks or workbooks in school when we were explicitly instructed to do as much, and doubt I'll ever do as I really do like keep my books in the best shape possible. How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open? Bookmarks, always. My very first business ever, when I was just ten years old, was actually going door-to-door with my two younger siblings and selling handmade bookmarks that we'd made to our neighbours and other homes in the general vicinity of ours. As such, I've always had a special spot in my heart for bookmarks of all sorts. Fiction, non-fiction, or both? From my teen years onward, I've leaned heavily in the direction of non-fiction, with titles in this vast category making up the bulk of my reading. That said, I'll always have an immense fondness for many of the classic writers (and an especially great love for nineteenth and early twentieth century Russian literature), whose work - along with a handful of modern fiction authors - I adore pouring over throughout a given year. Are you the kind of person who tends to read to the end of a chapter, or can you stop anywhere? I can stop anywhere in a chapter, no problem, but do generally like to finish the end of the page that I'm on, if at all possible. Are you the type of person to throw a book across the room or on the floor if the author irritates you? Goodness, no! I don't have a fiery temper in the slightest and would never fathom potentially hurting a book by tossing it across the room (even if I thought it was the worst or most irksome book I'd ever read). If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop and look it up right away? If at all possible, yes. This is something I've adored doing since I first learned to read and greatly appreciate how much it has helped expand my vocabulary. If I can't look up a word in the moment, then I try to jot it down on paper, the computer, or the notepad app in my phone and make sure to research it later. What are you currently reading? I'm actually in the midst of my annual summertime read reread of Kerouac's classic On the Road, which I've read almost every summer since I was nine years old (I point I discussed in this 2011 post about how I'm distantly related to Jack Kerouac). There's just something about the sticky, sweltering, marvelous dog days of summer that make me yearn for a similar cross country adventure of my own and that also seem so tremendously well suited to Kerouac's gritty, earnest, fantastic style of beat generation writing. What is the last book you bought? Baby, Let's Play House: Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him by Alanna Nash. I haven't stared reading it yet, but the moment I've finished rereading On the Road and have wrapped up a couple of library books I have on the go, it will have its turn on my trusty nightstand right away. Are you the type of person that reads one book at a time, or can you read more than one? Definitely! I can easily read multiple books at once (well, in the same time span - not necessarily, literally, simultaneously :) ) and most often do just that. Do you have a favourite time/place to read? I've always been a late night reader in particular, but welcome the chance to read any time of the day. Ideally I like a cozy corner (be it a bed, couch or armchair), adequate light, and silence (I've never been the type of person who likes to listen to music or have the TV on while I'm reading - ditto for if I'm writing). Do you prefer series books or stand-alones? Reading primarily non-fiction, I'm not usually presented with my series. As a youngster, when I read a larger volume of fiction, I enjoyed stand-alones and series equally, reading scores of each. Is there a specific book or author you find yourself recommending over and over? Many! Though my suggestions really depend on the genre at hand. Some that I will forever recommend when it comes to fiction are Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Steinbeck, Vonnegut, and Fitzgerald. How do you organize your books? (By genre, title, author's last name, etc.) Much like most libraries, I organize by books by category, further breaking them down by subcategory, if applicable (I also keep my vintage books in area of my home library and my modern ones in another). {To learn more about any of the image used throughout this post, please click on a photo or illustration to be taken to its respective source.} If you're a fellow bibliophile, then this charming Q&A is certainly for you as well. I loved setting aside a slice of time today to really think about my reading habits, passions and interests, and highly recommend doing so yourself via this post (or simply in your own head or care of another kind of post pertaining to reading) anytime your heart desires. After talking about books so much, in fact, I think I might just have to hightail it down to the beach today, find a spot of shade, and curl up on the gloriously warm sand with one of the many great reads that are waiting for me to crack open their spine for the first time and loose myself for a few marvelous, magical hours in their printed word, wisdom and literary loveliness. Happy summer reading, everyone - I hope this magnificent season is giving you plenty of time to kick off your heels and cozy up with a terrific book as well.

These fluency tools and centers have been carefully designed to help develop fluency skills in beginning readers. It is so important that students are given ample opportunities to practice reading and refining their skills. There are four different activities included as well as some super fun voice sticks that are perfect to use for guided reading warm ups, literacy stations, intervention programs and more. The activities included are: 1. Roll and Read Mats – Students roll a die and read the sentence. Each mat pertains to a specific word family; 24 mats included altogether. 2. Sentence Pyramids – These sentence pyramids are great as a warm up for guided reading. The pyramid structure helps to develop fluency. 60 cards are included. 3. Intonation Cards – Students read the sentences using appropriate intonation with consideration to the punctuation marks. 42 cards are included. 4. Sentence Pattern Cards – Students read the patterned sentences to develop their fluency skills. 16 cards are included. 5. Voice Sticks – Pair any of the above activities with the voice sticks included in the packet. They are so much fun and will even go with other reading activities that you have! Students choose a stick and then use that voice to read the text. There are 24 sticks included. Why is fluency important? Fluency is the ability to read accurately, at a good pace and with expression. It is an important skill for students to develop as it is the pathway to deeper comprehension. When our students spend most of their reading experience trying to decode words, there is less working memory available for them to really comprehend and connect with what they are reading. ‘Decoding’ becomes the job, whereas in fluent readers, ‘understanding’ becomes the job. Please check out the preview for more details! Both a USA and AUS/UK version are included. You may also like: Comprehension Centers CVC Centers - Volume One CVC Centers – Volume Two Phonics and Alphabet Centers Nouns, Adjectives and Verbs Centers Beginning Sound Centers ♥♥♥ Follow me to be the first to hear about FREEBIES and updates ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥ Earn TPT Credits when you leave feedback ♥♥♥ I welcome and appreciate any feedback, comments or suggestions. You may also contact me on [email protected]

In today’s edition of Nonna’s Corner I am sharing Echo Echo by Marilyn Singer. Echo Echo a collection of reverso poems and greek myths. Beautifully illustrated by Josee Masse it shares some of our fav

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Reading Corner Sign. 25-page PDF Create a warm and welcoming reading corner in your classroom with our Reading Corner Sign. Ideally suited for early learning, kindergarten, and grades 1-2 teachers, this tool perfectly blends with existing decor themes for these grade levels. This easily downloadable product is a 25-page PDF file that can be directly utilized post-printing – no additional setup or assembling required. Simply print it out and brighten up your class! Versatility in Color Options This teaching resource comes with four diverse color options to match different classroom setups – from vibrant kindergartens to calmer grade 2 rooms. Multitude of Uses Incorporate the sign into whole group activities to spark literacy interest among students during English or Language Arts sessions. It can also be used as task center during small group activities focused on fostering teamwork skills among learners. In addition to its use in classrooms, parents homeschooling their children can establish a mini education center at home by installing this sign on bookshelves in family rooms. Strategic Application: Promote self-initiated reading time during free periods or set homework tasks related to independent exploration of various literary genres using our sign as an encouragement resource. Breathe life into worn-out corners with our brightly colored Reading Corner Signs today! Reading Corner Sign

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Listening centers have always been one of my standard centers. Students are listening to a good model of fluent and expressive reading. An added bonus is the headphones. I love the magical effect that headphones have on my students. Students are able to tune out the rest of the class and focus on the voice of the reader while watching the words. This is a must-have center when teaching small groups. Students are engaged which makes this center the quietest group of students in the classroom. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TIP: I asked my technology specialist for broken headphones which she was more than happy to provide. I cut the cords off of them. Students that want to use headphones during work time are allowed to wear these. I wrote students' numbers on the headphones. They hang them on the sidebar of their desk. This is my way of taking preventative measures when it comes to the possibility of lice. These headphones help students who are easily distracted by noises and movement. There are many sites that books read aloud. Below are a few of my favorites. I love the way the Just Books Read Aloud site is organized. You can choose the length of the book, author, narrator, topic, reading level, and language. Mercer Mayer reads some of his books. The Indianapolis Public Library site features 100 free video read alouds. These are all books your students will love! I love the Storytime Before Bed site because the authors read their books. Some of the authors incorporate skills within the read aloud like discussing parts of a book. Love it! The National Geographic Young Explorer site has issues that are read aloud. Great source for informational text. Scholastic: Listen & Read includes 15 nonfiction read aloud stories about community helpers, animals, and the President. I have some reading response pages that you can use with some of these stories. What are your favorite sites?

This is a fun worksheet for reading comprehension. The students read the two texts and answer questions about the animals.

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I have a struggling reader in my house. As a parent it is impossibly hard to watch your child struggle with anything. Struggle to make friends, to learn a sport, to tie their shoes…we want to protect them, to make everything better and easier. And reading…well you guys know how much I love books. I […]

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