Rosie, Are you teaching and practicing the sight words each week? When I taught 2nd grade, I made a packet of the lists for my students. One packet stayed in school in a 'special folder,' the other went home in a folder---with directions glued to the inside pocket, so parents would know "how to help their child practice." We practiced in school, kids practiced at home, and either a parent volunteer or I 'tested' them each week. The goal was to read the weekly list in a minute or less--to develop fluency. The words they knew, they "owned;" the others were added to next week's list for them to practice. In that way, the Dolch list was individualized. Do you have access to the Dolch words? If not, I could easily find them for you on the Internet and email to you. Let me know. Barbara/6th/FL
-----Original Message----- On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have never been trained in Guided Reading and having been reading up on it. My question is this-Do the students need to be reading a text that they can read independently? I teach third grade and am "required" to use the leveled readers that come with out basal series. Only problem is that for about half my class the lowest level leveled reader is too difficult. I have one child who is capable of reading 44 kindergarten sight words and that is about it! Rosie _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
