Elementary Reading Specialist, Mamma to my handsome son Gabe, National Board Certified Teacher, Wife of an incredible teacher, Science of Reading enthusiast.
Letter writing and CRE Postal Service started in fourth and fifth grade! Next school year, it will include the lower grades. These scholars are excited for it to happen! @CardinalRidgeES
Books-school year beginning & end- picked by him. He loved an old couple thought they would get a boy at the train station, & instead, it was Anne, Meant to Be! Favorite character in Wonder, Jack Will, who learned from a mistake & became Auggie’s best friend. @CardinalRidgeES
A sub committee of NEHS has been working diligently on creating an in school Postal Service. These are a few of the fruits of their creativity and hard work! The idea of this project will also be submitted to be featured on the NEHS website! @CardinalRidgeES#greatnesslieshere
Scholars brainstormed other cause and effects and wrote their own lines to add on to a poem. They evaluated one another’s stanzas using a poetry rubric. @CardinalRidgeES
Scholars enjoyed meeting the author of the book Trapped Inside a Video Game and asking him questions they prepared. The meeting was recorded for anyone who missed it. It will be watched to acquire background knowledge for the next group of scholars to read it. @CardinalRidgeES
@CardinalRidgeES We met the author of our book tonight Trapped in a Video Game by Dustin Brady and asked him the questions we prepared. The meeting was recorded for any who missed it or wants to watch it for background knowledge before reading it.
Engagement-ESOL level 1-Bingo chips, wands, sand, pictures, words, silly sentence cards for correct letter formation & decoding. Practicing to form the letter Gg while saying the sound. Decoding to hear the difference in short u and short o with a sound zapper. @CardinalRidgeES
Scholars read and found cause and effects in a nonfiction story. They did a matching for the causes and effects. Then they read and found cause and effects in a fiction poem by Shel Silverstein by answering questions about the stanzas. @CardinalRidgeES
The National Elementary Honor Society induction came to a reality for the second year. 40 scholars were inducted to the CRE’s NEHS chapter based on excellence in academics, a written essay, and quality of character. @CardinalRidgeES