Today Sophie began researching her second shark - the shovel nose shark. Tomorrow she will pick out the five facts she wants to include in her book. In addition, she completed a reading comprehension passage on sequencing.

Today Sophie began our session reading sentences through carefully. She hunted for long vowel words in the sentences and circled them. When she was finished, she worked on a letter b maze in which she had to distinguish between lower case b's and d's.

The focus of this lesson will be to increase fluency when reading long vowel words in the V-C-E pattern. All the sections of the lesson will use nonsense words. I'll also provide a practice sheet that works on b and d recognition.

Today Sophia began our session with a nonfiction reading passage. She read the text and highlighted facts. Then she sorted facts into true and false statements. In addition, Sophia continued working on her shark research project/report. She edited and completed her paragraph on saw sharks.

The goal of this lesson will be to increase accuracy reading words in the V-C-E syllable. All sections of this lesson will provide practice in reading, spelling and marking words in the V-C-E syllable. Plus, I'll provide practice for recognizing the letters, b's and d's, by having Sophia do a maze activity.

Today Sophie picked out the facts she wanted to include in her paragraph about saw sharks. She composed an excellent topic sentence and wrote a very good rough draft of her paragraph. I was very proud of her hard work today!

In this lesson, a new sound for the letter,s, will be introduced. "S" might say /z/ when it comes between two vowels as in rise. The responses for the long vowel sounds in the sections, Sounds Quick Drill and Quick Drill in Reverse, will be practiced. The rest of the lesson will follow the normal procedures for each section.

Today Sophia began working on a book about sharks. She made a list of the ones she wants to include and began her research. She is very excited about this project and it will be an excellent way for her to practice her nonfiction/research writing. She also read all about saw sharks and took notes.

This is an introductory lesson for the VCE Syllable. The five long vowel sounds will be introduced along with their clue words. The procedure for marking this new syllable will be introduced and some practice will be provided. After the introduction of the new syllable, the normal format for a lesson will be followed. Each section of this lesson will focus on long vowel words in the VCE syllable.

In this lesson, Sophia will be ask to read a list of words that contain both long and short vowel words. We'll play a game that will provide practice reading long and short vowel words. The rest of the lesson will follow the normal format, which includes reviewing letter sounds, rules to separate words into syllables, practicing finger tapping and writing dictated words. During the oral reading section of the lesson, 10 sentences will be read. Sophia will be asked to silently read them and then scoop the sentences into phrases and then orally reread them.