The Latest in Reading!

Hello!  I'd like to thank all of the students and parents who sent encouraging letters and cards, flowers, food, etc. during my absence due to my son's death.  I very much appreciated the incredible outpouring of support and love. 

We're finally getting settled back in and back on a more normal schedule.  We have started using the book "100 Words Every High School Freshman Should Know" for our daily vocabulary words.  We are working on two words per day and testing after every ten words.  Students get a classwork grade for copying the word, definition, and writing a sentence using the word. 

We also have been completing a daily comprehension exercise on the overhead projector to start off class.  These have been solely for practice so far, but will be graded for accuracy starting this Monday, December 10th. 

We are currently reading the novel "Nothing But the Truth", which involves several themes that lend themselves to great discussions.  Ask your student what they think about the novel so far.  We will finish the book this week and review and test over it next week.

With recent events, I have not really started tutoring for reading yet.  I plan to send out notices before Christmas and begin tutoring when we return from the holidays.

Hope everyone has a terrific break and comes back ready to learn more reading skills!