Click, Save, Smile Just in case you haven't heard TPT will be having a Cyber Monday and Tuesday sale this year. 11/30 and 12/1 use the code SMILE to get 10% off. My store is on sale for 20% off, so add the code and get 28% off everything. I have added a new Concepts of Print Packet . Included are 3 booklets with a winter theme:  *Christmas Time Booklet; Christmas items; sight words: I, see   *Arctic Animals Booklet; animals; sight words: here, is     *Winter Things; winter clothing items; sight words: I, have A color version of each booklet is included. This can be used for modeling, teaching the site words, for the vocabulary in each booklet.  ...

Another week is upon us. I tried to plan on Sunday, but the sun was shining and the pool was calling my name. I am on week 3 of school and we are learning about Colors and my 2nd favorite color book; Brown Bear, Brown Bear. (Next week is my favorite color book) We are reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear all week. We are working on Concepts of print, by the end of the week I am hoping to have several who can touch the words as I read. I have a felt board set we will use for retelling as well. We are learning about the author and illustrator this week, the person's name and their job.  We will practice word tracking with my Concepts of Print booklets, the school version this week.  We will also be learning our color words. We will sort all types of objects by their color. We will match colors and color words. We are still working on name the letters in our name, finding our names, and writing them beautifully. We are going to do a letter hunt on Thursday around t......

There are several skills that must be in place before a child is ready to ready. They include the following:    Identifying the cover, back, & title page of a book    Identifying where to read    Identifying the pictures and the words    Pointing to where to begin reading and tracking the words across a page    Knowing the difference between a letter and a word    One-to-one word correspondence, touching each word as it is read All of these skills are taught during read alouds and often taught indirectly. But the last one, word tracking, needs a little more direct instruction. Big books and pointers are great for this. As I read the book I touch each word with a pointer. After rereading the book, I let a student be my helper; they point to the words as I read them. After spending a week with the same book, I put it into my reading center, with the pointers. Students will have learned the book and can practice ......