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Word Searches

My Kinder kids loved to do word searches. Giving each child a highlighter, I'd let them work in groups or individually to find and mark the words noted below the graph. Be sure to teach them how to direct another student to a word, rather than point it out. Ex: the word ON is 8 rows down, and 3 squares over.

It's important to start off slow, beginning with 2-letter words. (I've even done Letter Searches, when we first begin learning letter names and sounds, using upper and lower case.) Keep the words horizontal, going from left to right, as you'd normally read them.

When you're ready to graduate to 3-letter words, keep the words horizontal and L-R. Since they are beginning readers, do not place the words up and down, backwards, or diagonally. Some of the students may be un-diagnosed dyslexic. 

Reading Chart - Week 36

Here are the final two pages from my reading chart.

Reading Chart - Week 35

Reading Chart - Week 34

Reading Chart - Week 33

Reading Chart - Week 32

Reading Chart - Week 31

Reading Chart - Week 30

 

Reading Chart - Week 29

Reading Chart - Week 28

Reading Chart - Week 27

Reading Chart - Week 26

Reading Partners Between Grade Levels

In many cases, partner reading meant pairing up the children in the classroom. If there was an "odd man out", that lucky child who felt alone discovered he got to read to me. (Sometimes the children would "fight" over who'd be the "leftovers", as they got to calling that one remaining student.)

But every so often a few older kids would show up at my door from one of the upper grade levels and ask if there was anything they could help me with. The upper grades were often rewarded in that manner. Students who'd done their work, or did exceptionally well with something, were allowed to go to other classrooms to offer their assistance. I would take those opportunities to let the kids take turns reading from their readers to those students. The upper grades loved it because it made them feel like teachers.

And once or twice a year I'd arrange for a "read-athon", where an entire upper grade class would come in and pair up to read. The students had a blast doing this, especially if they had an older sibling in that class.

Reading Chart - Week 25

Reading Chart - Week 24

Reading Chart - Week 23