168/180 Word of the Day: CAN

As we near the end of our ETK year,

I want to introduce skills and concepts that will help students make the transition to kindergarten.

We have started moving our focus to:

*recognizing and reading high frequency words

*oral blending CVC words

*decoding CVC words

*concepts of print

*using visual cues with letters and sounds (*reading strategies)

*monitoring reading

(all shown in some form on the video of U's reading today below)

Learning and using the high frequency word: CAN
I changed the first word from we to I to check if students were monitoring their own reading.
Many were!

Using students' interest and observations in literacy.

Highlighting the word can.
For students having difficulty, I write the word next to them as a model.

I asked students some of the things they saw at Cabrillo Beach last week.

I used their responses to create a predictable book.
(***at the beginning of video, D is heard thanking me for including a shark in this book!}

U can identify the word can.

When he comes to a word he doesn't know, he stops! #monitoring

I wanted to focus on using picture cues to help them figure out the words.