We are Readers!

Hello Families!

Since the beginning of school, your children have learned that letters make up words, words make up sentences, and sentences make up stories.  We have been practicing identifying and categorizing examples of letters, words, and sentences.

We created this interactive anchor chart as a class
 for students to use as a reference while reading and writing.

For the past week, the students have been learning that good readers touch each word as they read. We started out simple, pointing to the dots below a strip of pictures or letters as we read. 

Next, we practiced recognizing and spelling the word “see” so we could create our own “I see…” statement by drawing a picture to complete the sentence. From there, they excitedly accepted the challenge to point to each word while reading a short story. (Of course they read the pictures first before reading the words as good readers do!). The children have practiced each of these activities both independently and with a partner.

Students can now confidently say “I can touch each word as I read!” and are eager to share with you their new reading skill. Today, your child should have a paper book called “Pets” in their homework folder. The black dots below the words help remind our young readers to point as they read. Commend them on this important reading milestone!


The next time you read a favorite book together, ask your child questions similar to these:

Can you point to the letter ___?

Can you find an uppercase/lowercase ___?

Can you point to the words as I read?

What do I do when I get to the end of a line? (Return sweep; start at the beginning of the next line of text)

Happy Reading!

Mrs. Libby

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1
Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.A
Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.B
Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.C
Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.