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Reading Strategies

Reading Comprehension Strategies

 Bookmark with strategies for beginning readers
​(free download by Karen Jones, TPT)
A great site for reviewing/learning
​strategies for reading comprehension.
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At Home Reading Opportunities

Lots of options for reading online!
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PebbleGo is a fabulous resource for nonfiction reading and researching for first graders! 
It has TONS of science and social studies topics, simple text, and will also read it to you.  The site is also very easy to navigate. 
Login information is located on the technology information card.
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Students can access our new reading series online through ClassLink!  Just look for the icon shown above, then click the Discover tab.  In addition to the reading book, there is an entire library of Leveled Readers. 
A link to the Pioneer Valley website, publisher of many of students' favorite books including Bella and Rosie!  If you click here, you will be taken to the page that lists all of their various collections.  Find the collection you want to check out, then click the title.  On that page is an option to read the book online! 
Free access to books online- the link above will take you to the ClassLink Login page to access Epic. 


Reading Log

Students must read each night, beginning with 15 minutes and eventually working their way up to at least 30 minutes.  These minutes are recorded on a reading log calendar.  Students can earn Pizza Hut BookIt certificates for a free personal pan pizza from October through March!
Click here for a copy of this month's reading log: 
September Reading Log

Writing and Spelling

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Students in kindergarten and first grade have to learn how to read and spell many words! 
​Some of those words are known by different names: 
Word Wall Words, Sight Words, Lightning Words, etc. 
These are words that students should learn to recognize by sight very quickly- some follow spelling patterns, some have tricky parts that have to be learned by heart.
Below is a link to a page that can be downloaded and printed to help students when they are writing.

Word Wall Words

Links to websites for making books:

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Writing words 3 times each is a pretty boring way to practice spelling.  Click the button for 60 different ideas for practicing!
Spelling Practice Ideas
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