Kindergarten- The students are making progress; slowly, but surely. We have almost grasped all of the letters and sounds, and are starting to be able to identify beginning and ending sounds. The use of technological aides like the StarFall computer game and the Leap Frog "Letter Factory" dvd, the concepts have really began to plant themselves in the students memory. They are able to recall letter information rather regularly, and seem to really enjoy the extra stimulation.
First Grade - The students are on the ninth set of sight words. Their sentences are looking much better; spacing, capital letters, punctutation, etc. They are still having some difficuly writing on a topic and making up the sentences, but we will keep working on it. The students that are using the Reading Academy software are really doing great on it. Out of the 31 skills it covers, most of them are at least a third through them; some obviously being easier than others.
Second Grade - We are starting the Read Naturally program with 1/2 of the students. Hopefully this will improve their fluency. The other half is going to keep working on some extra reading comprehension and sequencing skills.
Fourth Grade - Spelling is still a concern for some of the students. Their work improves considerably over the week, but the end grade is still lower than I would like to see. We will have to concentrate a little more on this. Otherwise, I am happy with their comprehension - but would like to see a little more ability to think outside the box.
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