Blog post #4

 For my first example, My teacher I am working with sat all of her students down on the rug. She brought out props and a really cute detailed book. She started with the props and refreshed the class on how to read and remember what it is you are reading with the props. For example, she had really big ears and put them on, she then proceeded to tell the class how they need to listen to what they are reading and really try to understand it. She then, when through her book and named off all of the core sounds that are found in almost every word. The sounds had cute little pictures on them that represented the sound that the letters mad when you put them together. For example, there was the letter EW together and the letters had a picture of a kid grossed out in them. So the kids had something to associate the letters too. 

One other example from my teacher, is that she works with the kids in individual reading groups specialized for the kids. She takes about an hour to meet with each kid in a group of maybe 2-5. She then helps them with their sight words and she also reads a book with them. She is able to be more focused and have a more controlled setting where she can really focus on the kids. 

My last example, is when she reads with them as a class. She will read a story with them all together. She will connect things in the book with things they have learned in the past, she will also let any students participate and she has a discussion with the class on things they want to talk about.