During our Reading Block, students work in teams to complete four tasks. The tasks are:
- Technology - Students learn from Learning Apps on the iPods and iPads in our classroom.
- Team Conversations - Buddy Reading groups rejoin their team of five or six students, who are all reading the same chapter book, and hold a team discussion. During the discussion each student is responsible for asking Thick Questions (open ended questions), making predictions, making connections, and analyzing character traits and actions.
- Word Study - Students individually complete a variety of word study tasks using the 2nd Grade Sight Word lists. Students have the option of asking their teammates for help if needed.
- Guided Reading - Teams meet with me to read a variety of fiction and non fiction texts. We focus on skills such as reading with expression, saying every single word in the text, making inferences, finding details, using graphic organizers, locating main ideas, and so much more.