Time for Reading

Funded Mar 9, 2011

Thank you does not seem like enough for the joy and excitement your donation has brought to my students! Students have been reading, reading, reading!! Students are able to practice the very important kindergarten sight words in a new and exciting way with the sight word readers. This will further ensure that students know their sight words and are ready for 1st grade. At the same time, students are developing their concepts of print. They are practicing reading directionality, one-to-one matching, and using pictures clues to help them figure out unknown words. These are skills that will help students to become even better readers as they move to more complex texts.

The whisper phones have given students additional motivation to read. Even the most reluctant readers are asking me, "Can I read this with the phone?" daily! Before I would hear groans or students pretended to read independently. Now, students are on task because they love to hear themselves... and read more than ever! It is so important for students to realize that they should listen to themselves read to monitor for meaning. Using the whisper phones encourages this good habit from the start.

I look forward to starting next year with these great books, phones, and timers and seeing students experience both success and the joy of reading.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Kruder