Reading Update

We have a fabulous group of readers!!!!  It is amazing to watch our second graders use decoding and comprehension strategies effectively in their daily reading.   As we continue to work on the comprehension strategy of checking for understanding, we also are identifying the most important part of a story and journaling about our reading by retelling the story in our own words,  making predictions and describing the characters.   All of these strategies help us to understand what we are reading.

We also discovered that books belong to different categories or groups called genres.  We first examined the difference between fiction and non fiction, then we dug digger into realistic fiction, fantasy, informational and mystery texts.   This will be an area of study that we will be working on all year long to help us understand the author’s purpose of writing.

Our second graders also engage in “smart reading talk” as we work with our partners to discuss books, retell events, and discover interesting words.  As students listen to a story, they are challenged to stop and think about the reading, and then “pair up for smart talk” with their partner before we share as class.  Another way we use “smart reading talk” is through book shares and recommendations.  I am so INCREDIBLY proud of our second graders… KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

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