As the school year winds down, so do our Title 1 classes. We have finished almost all DRA testing and have seen some of our students achieve awesome gains. The majority of our 6th grade students are now reading on grade level and the 5th graders have shown a lot of progress.
Our “i-read” program has taken off! So far, we have had at least 6 students check out an i-pod paired with a book, and many more have taken the i-pod class. As we tell our students, reading a book while listening to it is one of the easiest ways to improve your fluency.
We will soon be conferring with students about their strengths and needs as readers. Along with this, we will be helping them to prepare take home packets for summer reading practice. We don’t want those skills we have worked so hard on to evaporate over the smmer!
secret phrase: All things improve with practice: soccer, bowling, gynmanistics and reading.
