Houghton Mifflin Sight Words

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Peebles Elementary- Title I and Communication Arts Support

What's Happening with Title I and Communication Arts Support in 2009-2010?

C.A.F.E.

SCHOLASTIC FLASHLIGHT READERS: A Club for Kids Who Love to Read

North Allegheny Title I Information
Kindergarten work	First Graders- Title I
Second Graders - Title I	Third Graders - C.Arts Support
October 14th , 2009 Documents for District Title I meeting

National Council of Teachers of English - top " Hits" for 2008

Scary Stories for Halloween ---- Moonlit Road

Halloween Games

Moonlit Road is a collection of ghost stories with "roots in Southern culture and folklore." Most stories (offered in both text and audio) are adaptations of folktales passed down through the oral tradition, but a few are new, published with permission from the author. The audio files are excellent, as are the Cultural Background pages you'll find on each story page.

The Family that Reads Together…. (aka What’s in it for ME?)

By Andrea Ross, Just One More Book!!
Published: August 16, 2009

We often talk about the benefits of reading aloud to our children -- but we usually focus on the benefits to the children. Today, let’s reflect on the ways reading aloud to our children benefits ourselves as parents, our families and our relationships with each other. Click here to read more...

A live webcast with Kate DiCamillo (author of Because of Winn Dixie, Mercy Watson, Tale of Desperaux, ) will be held on October 25th at 1:00 PST/ 4:00 EST, hosted by Sidewell Friends School in Washington, DC.

Click on the link and register . Katie will be talking about her new book The Magician's Elephant released in early Sept.

Phonemic Processing by Word Building

by John Rickey

Level One

Short Vowels a, i, and long vowels with e ending

Level Two

Short Vowels a, e, i, o and digraphs sp, st and plurals

Level Three

Short Vowels a, i, u and endings -ing, ong , ang, ung This level is more difficult as you now will lose a point for a mistake.

Level Four

Short Vowels o, a and digraphs cl, sl, sc This level is more difficult as you now will lose a point for a mistake.

Level Five

Short Vowels o, a and -or and -ar This level is more difficult as you now will lose a point for a mistake.

Mrs. P Has a Story for You, Kids
Mrs. P is the title character of a new children's storytelling website - click on the bookcase to browse and hear great stories!

Family Role in Literacy Instruction
Want to improve students' reading? Scholastic's 2008 Kids & Family Reading Report notes that "parents who read books for fun daily are six times more likely . . . to have kids who also read for fun daily." The following NCTE guidelines suggest more ways adults can help children develop reading and writing abilities:

SpellingCity offers several fun (and free) ways to practice
spelling, including a simulated spelling bee using lists that you
or your students create--complete with audio of each word used in
a sentence. You can also create games such as HangMouse, Word
Search, and UnScramble: http://www.spellingcity.com/

Leveled Book Lists

These lists have been developed for two reasons:

for parents who have requested help in finding books at their child's reading level.

for teachers who have requested a leveled book list or have asked for help in their effort to build a leveled library in their classrooms.

click for e-listening links!

April is National Poetry Month

check here for some great online sources!

Booklists
Find book recommendations published by the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Reading Association, and the American Library Association.

Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
Children’s Choices
Newbery Medal Winners

Scholastic Community Club

Decodable books for young readers with audio

http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm

Scholastic Path of a President - Abe Lincoln

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/listen_read_7/lincoln-path-president.asp

Kid's Portrait - George Washington -an interactive Mystery

http://georgewashington.si.edu/kids/portrait.html

BATS!!! http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/bats/index.htm

The goals of reading are to understand written text, integrate new ideas, and generalize from what is read. As a parent, what should you know about reading comprehension to help your child improve his skills and achieve those goals?

http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=499

Word Wizard

http://readwritethink.org/materials/wordwizard/

Online practice reading tests
Students in grades 1-8 can take practice reading tests online. The site includes suggestions for scoring the test and tips for students taking a standardized reading test. Items include both multiple-choice and open-ended questions.

Developing Vocabulary at Home

Helping Your Child With Test Taking

Guys Read is the website founded by Jon Scieszka, acclaimed author and former elementary teacher. The site has terrific resources for educators, parents, and students, and is easy to navigate. This link takes you to guys' picks of favorite books at different grade levels:

http://www.guysread.com/picks_guys_young.html

The Perils and Promise of Praise

Into the Book - student tutorial

Northland Public Library- check to see current family events

Movable Alphabet for Word Building

Link to stories online - a great list of links to hearing and READING stories on line.

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompindex.htm

Why read aloud?

Children who are read to on a regular basis show more interest in books and learning to read. Looking at the pictures, hearing and seeing the words, and talking about what happened in the story gives pre-readers the tools they need to develop into independent readers.

Great Article about praising your child for hard work and not ‘being smart’.

This was on Good Morning America on 2-15-07.

http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/

English PLUS - Lessons in Mechanics http://englishplus.com/grammar/gsdeluxe.htm

Pigmoose Stories from Beantime Stories