–Phonics/decoding skills

–Comprehension skills and strategies

–Increase fluency

–Information & study skills

–Sight Words and vocabulary

–Whole group and small group

–Focus on spelling

–Book in reading folder

Writing 

- Grammar and Mechanics

- Handwriting

- Capital letter at the beginning of a sentence

- Lowercase letters in the middle of a sentence

- Spaces between words

- Sound spelling used to spell words

- Punctuation at the end of a sentence

Reading Bag

•Start: Mid-September •Read during a guided reading group at school.  •Nightly (except for Friday!) •Please discuss the book with your child and sign the slip inside of the folder. •Both the book and the slip should be brought back to school on the following day. •Book may come home multiple nights in a row and should be read both nights.

Sight Words

•A list of sight words will be on the weekly newsletter. •Please practice reading those words very quickly. Knowing these words by sight will help your child become a better reader. •Students who need extra practice with these sight words will make a ring and bring it home daily.