Category Archives: Language Arts Posts
Read with a Child
Do you have 30 minutes once a week, every other week, or once a month that you could come and read with a child? If so, we invite you to participate in our classroom “Read with a Child” morning program … Continue reading
Wonders and Waterford
We are excited to offer you home access to 2 Language Arts programs for FREE, Wonders and Waterford. The resources available through Wonders are correlated with the lessons were are teaching at school. Students will be able to practice phonics, … Continue reading
Authors at Work
Our students are working hard on their stories for our published book. After several drafts and lots of editing they are ready to begin their final drafts. They are excited to share their stories with you. The following video shows … Continue reading
We are publishing a book!
We are publishing a professionally-bound book! Two pages of the book will be created solely by your own child!You have the opportunity to order a copy of the book. You may choose to order a standard-bound copy for $19.95 (features full-color printing … Continue reading
Waterford Home Access
You received an email from “WELsupport” today. This provides your student with FREE home access to our online Waterford Language Arts program. This is a great opportunity for your student. Feel free to choose how or if you use the program at home. … Continue reading
Students Vote Here
Scholastic has held its student vote in every presidential election year since 1940. Scholastic readers have picked the eventual winner of the real presidential election all but twice—and they haven’t been wrong since 1960! Let your students take part in … Continue reading
Reading Strategies
We are working hard on our reading skills. It is fun to hear the students share the reading strategies they are using with each other. Our final strategy is “Tryin’ Lion”. Sometimes when we come to a really tricky word … Continue reading
Reading Strategies
We have added “Flippy Dolphin” and “Skippy Frog” to our list of Reading Strategies.“Flippy Dolphin” helps us if a word does not sound right, we may need to flip the vowel sound. Try a short vowel, long vowel flip. Another … Continue reading
Spelling Words
You can use this link to practice spelling the words for this week: Weekly Spelling Words
Reading Strategies
Our tool box of reading strategies is filling up. We have added “Chunky Monkey”, he helps us look for chunks we know. Like “key” in monkey and “ing” in sing. We are practicing the reading strategies in our daily reading. … Continue reading