Hello! My name is Katie Adkins and I am so excited to be your child's teacher this year! I am new this year to William R. Davie, and am so grateful to be here! This is my third year teaching and I have previously taught second grade for two years in Maryland. I went to Salisbury University in Maryland and got my bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education as well as a minor in creative arts. I am also getting married in May and am soon to be Mrs. Osbourn!

This year is going to be so exciting with many fun activities and lessons planned. I believe that it is so important to be a life long learner, there is always something new to learn from each day! It is my goal as your child's teacher to make sure that all of my students feel important, safe, and loved. If you need to contact me, please do not hesitate to reach out by email, dojo, phone, or come visit! My classroom door is always open and I care tremendously about you and your child's learning, comfort level, and accommodations. My email is adkinsk@davie.k12.nc.us

I look forward to getting to know you and your child this year!

Ms. Adkins

Here is our class schedule!

7:35-8:15 Come in, Breakfast, Announcements

8:15-8:30 Calendar, Morning Meeting

8:30-9 Teacher Read Aloud

9-10 Guided Reading

10-10:05 Bathroom Break

10:05-10:55 Enhancements

(M/Th P.E and SS/Sci, T/F Art and Media (T) Guidance (Th)

10:55-11:05 Bathroom Break

11:05-11:40 Lunch

11:40-11:50 Bathroom Break

11:50-1:15 Math

1:15-1:20 Bathroom Break

1:20-1:30 Recess

1:30-2 Letterland

2-2:10 Heggerty

2:10- 2:40 Writing

2:40 Pack Up and Dismissal

Reading Resources

Decodable Passages--In this document, it has stories that are decodable based on a phonics skill. In addition to the passages, it has comprehension questions to help assess students on their understanding of the story. **Tip: If your teacher has asked you to work on a specific phonic skill, then you can look in the table of contents to see the story you could have your student read at home. For example, Student A needs extra practice in Short U. In the table of contents, I see that Bud the Pup is the story I can have Student A read.**

Decodable Stories--When you click on this link, scroll down until you see buttons that have Set 1 through Set 10 on them. You can click on each set and select stories for your scholar to read.

EBook Readers--Click on the link and scroll down Beginning and Advanced Reading Instruction sections. Please start with the Beginning Reading Instruction links before moving on to the Advanced Reading Instruction sections.

Half-Pint Kids Readers--Click on the link and scroll down until you see Level A, Level B, and Level C. Level A goes over consonant sounds, short vowel sounds and 33 sight words. Level B goes over 16 blends and digraphs, 24 sight words and 4 word endings. Level C goes over the long vowel sounds, 9 blends, 46 sight words, 4 word endings and more. You can click on the button that fits your scholar and choose to read any stories within that level.