...well, literacy plans, at least. Today I have been thinking and researching and trying to decide what the best plans of attack are for the different kids here regarding their reading. I decided to go more of an informal route with the kids. Rather than sitting down and having a formal lesson on CVC words (bat, kit, pup, etc.), I put a word family poster on my door with -at, -et, and -it word families. As kids enter my room to borrow a book, which they do on a nightly basis, I can give a mini-lesson on CVC words and quiz them. I'm not sure how well this will work, but it is worth a shot. I also posted the pre-primer sight words all over the wall of the three most struggling readers in the girls' house. One of these three girls still has a way to go in phonemic awareness, so I'm mainly concerned with the other two girls mastering those words.
At the boys house, two boys are not yet to the reading stage. Another boy has developmental delays and is having trouble with his other subjects, so at this point I think I'm not going to press too hard with him. There are two who are past the beginning stages of reading, one who is fairly advanced, and I think they will both benefit from some focus on fluency and comprehension.
Well the kids are home now, and as usual my room was flooded with enthusiastic little bodies. The word wall on my door was a success! I had a mini informal lesson with the girls who I felt would benefit from it the most, and they got it! One idea that I had been mulling around was a hit with the two stronger readers of the girls, and together we made word posters for them on sight words they have not yet mastered.
Even Belle, the eldest girl, asked if I would teach her some new words. I did an initial QRI (reading inventory) word list with her, and I'll copy some passages tomorrow for her to read for fluency and comprehension. I am excited that she took initiative with this, because she is 15 and rather independent, so I didn't want to force her to improve her English literacy if she wasn't interested.
All in all, I think it has been a good day off. :)
2 comments:
What exactly is the job your doing? How did you get there? I look forward to reading the stories of these children! I want to know them!
I'm volunteering at a children's home (basically an orphanage) for children affected by HIV in Northern Thailand. My primary job is nannying, but while I'm here I will be working with them on their English literacy as well, and HOPEFULLY inspire them to be lifelong readers. :)
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