Guided
Reading and 2nd Grade Objectives
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This
years marks my first year in using Guided Reading with 2nd Grade.
While I have waded in the waters in 4th grade, this will be a real
learning experience for me. We will use a variety of Shared
Reading, Guided Reading groups, & Independent Reading along with
other activities to develop our reading skills this year. Below
you find listed the list of Reading & other Communication
Objectives that will be our focus in 2nd Grade.
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Oral and Silent Reading
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- practice reading at school & home daily (both silently
& orally)
- parent & teacher modeling & reading orally to the
child
- practice reading with expression & fluency
- practice reading at an appropriate rate
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Reading Comprehension
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- reading with understanding (able to answer questions
accurately about a passage)
- making an inference or drawing a conclusion
- sequencing
- understanding cause & effect
- fact & opinion
- identifying main idea & supporting details
- predicting
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Exposure
to differences in people through types of literature
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- basal readers
- author/novel studies
- display of cultural books
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Vocabulary
and Decoding Skills
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- exposure to new words
- word meaning skills
- (using the context, finding base words,
synonyms/homonyms/antonyms)
- digraphs (ch,sh,th,ck,kn,ng . . .)
- blends (bl,gr,fl,fr,sl,st . . .)
- diphthongs (oy,oi,ow,oo.ou,au,aw,ew)
- phonics skills (vowel sounds, R-controlled vowels,
beg./middle/ending sounds)
- sight word skills (Dolch words or words from basal)
- basic spelling rules (chg. "y" to "i", adding "s" or "es")
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Use of
resource materials
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- glossary or dictionary (alphabetizing skills)
- introductory level encyclopedias, research books, &
computer
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Exposure
to a variety of literature styles
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- short stories or poetry
- basal readers, chapter books, or magazine articles
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Accelerated
Reader Program, Goals, Book-it, & Celebrations
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- For a number of years Sterling Grade School has used the Accelerated Reader Program, or
AR, as a part of our reading program. Students read books and
take comprehension tests on the computer. It provides them with
instant feedback as to how well they read and understood what they
read.
- Goals for each
student are based on a variety of information: Star Reading test,
AR records from the previous year, and teacher observation of the
reader. Students are also a part of the goal setting process
having a say in what they feel they can achieve & reviewing their
goals each 9 Weeks.
- Weekly Goals will lead toward Book-it Goals and also toward 9 Week goals. Every point
a child earns goes toward each goal rather than having to earn them
separately.
- As a reader earns their 9 Week goal they qualify for a celebration party hosted by the
school. From time to time we will host our own classroom
celebrations as well.
- 100% AR Tests -
I think it is interesting to track the students AR tests. When
they see our 100% tests adding up it gets them excited about reading
and they want to add to that number. Every week-end or Monday I
will update the numbers of AR tests that our students have scored 100%
on. Watch our numbers grow!
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