Literacy notes for 10/19

These are a little sparse. Feel free to add on in the comments section!!!

Maika mentioned that if any of your students need appropriate clothes for school, check out or refer them to the clothes closet at Marshall High School.

Syntax= does it make sense?

Semantic= does it change the meaning?

Julia brought up a great way to teach silent 'e' It's called the bossy 'e'. Any time e comes after another vowel in a word, it forces the vowel to say its name (example: bit...bite, cat, cate)

We broke up into small groups and brainstormed ways to help students that struggle with reading strategies. I didn't get all of the info down, but we will revisit the posters we made next week. Here are some of the categories and details:

If the student struggles with:

Sight words: you can start a word wall, ring or dictionary so students can easily access these words.

Encourage students to look at the picture or surrounding text. Is it possible to determine the word from that context?

Student loses motivation:

Resasses the books the student is reading. Is it a "just right" book?

Give students movement breaks when possible.

Try to find and introduce books of interest to students.

Student struggles with vocabulary or context: use madlibs or other games.

Frontload vocabulary. Play with words and meanings (for example, the book "Eats shoots and leaves" Talk about different meanings of the same-sounding word (i.e. two/to/too)

Student lacks interest or parent support:

Teacher can pick an interesting book and do a book talk on it. This often triggers student interest.

Try to build and foster a community of readers and learners at school through book clubs, etc.

Suggest that the student brings home the books they're reading at school. That way they always have a book to read at home.

Give a lot of strategies, support and positive feedback!