Hope everyone is having a super summer!! We are definitely enjoying out time off :).
Pictured above are my Boys (1st 2 boys my kiddos and the 2nd 2 my nephews)
and Cristy and her cute fam!!!
We recently reflected on things like pencil sharpeners, behavior management, pouches vs boxes, and how to get the wiggles out, but this post will be on research based instruction. We will try to make it short! Maybe we will just write several posts on instructional likes and dislikes :).
We Love: Cafe, Daily 5 Reading, Multi Sensory Phonics, 6 Traits Writing
The majority of our kiddos really excelled at reading!!! Why??
We loved using Orton Gillingham Multi sensory methods to teach phonics (letters, sounds, blending, segmenting)!! It was hands on and minds on! It met the needs of diverse learners. We followed the sequence of letters from the book Recipe for Reading.
For the absolute best training on using Orton Gillingham, you should attend the 30 hour training conducted by the Institute of Multi Sensory Education! It was expensive, but well worth it!! Click the link below to check out their site.
Cafe Rocked! We taught the kiddos strategies so they could be independent readers. They didn't rely on anyone else to help them figure out words!!
We used Science and Social Studies non-fiction texts as well as a variety of fiction texts to teach mini lessons on the strategies. We modeled using the strategies then gave students opportunities to practice using Daily 5!
What's Daily 5???
Read to Self
Read to Someone
Work on Writing
Listen to Reading
Word Work
Daily 5 was an awesome way for the kiddos to practice the strategies we introduced!
Needs: More Training on 6+1 Traits
Our kiddos were pretty great writers, but they really could have been better!! We would love a little more training on 6 +1 Traits writing. Do any of you have any experience with this way to teach writing to kiddos??
Let us know what you use to teach writing.
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