Reading
Current Unit: Series Book Clubs
Current Unit: Series Book Clubs
Unit 2: Becoming Experts
Unit 2: Becoming Experts
For additional resources please consider sitting with your child as they use any of the following websites:
For additional resources please consider sitting with your child as they use any of the following websites:
*Smarty Ants
*Smarty Ants
*Spelling City (Link available on Word Work page)
*Spelling City (Link available on Word Work page)
*Raz-Kids (Available to students identified to CST and some RTI recipients)
*Raz-Kids (Available to students identified to CST and some RTI recipients)
*ABCYA (Second grade word games)
*ABCYA (Second grade word games)
Log-in information (if needed) was provided to you in September. Please contact your child's teacher if you need more information.
Log-in information (if needed) was provided to you in September. Please contact your child's teacher if you need more information.
Reading Workshop
Reading Workshop
At the Duffy School we are committed to developing an English Language Arts program with shifts and program enhancements to meet the rigor of the adopted New Jersey State Standards. During the 2018-2019 school year, we are very excited to be implementing these academically enriched Reading Workshop Units of Study:
At the Duffy School we are committed to developing an English Language Arts program with shifts and program enhancements to meet the rigor of the adopted New Jersey State Standards. During the 2018-2019 school year, we are very excited to be implementing these academically enriched Reading Workshop Units of Study:
* Second Grade Reading Growth Spurt
* Second Grade Reading Growth Spurt
* Becoming Experts
* Becoming Experts
* Studying Characters
* Studying Characters
* Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power
* Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power
* Reading Nonfiction Cover to Cover
* Reading Nonfiction Cover to Cover
* Series Book Clubs
* Series Book Clubs
* Reading and Role Playing
* Reading and Role Playing
Your child's reading experiences will include the following balanced literacy experiences:
Your child's reading experiences will include the following balanced literacy experiences:
Read Aloud: The teachers will model the culmination of good reading behaviors using mentor or core texts. It is an interactive reading experience where critical literary discussions take place.
Read Aloud: The teachers will model the culmination of good reading behaviors using mentor or core texts. It is an interactive reading experience where critical literary discussions take place.
Reading Workshop:
Reading Workshop:
* Mini Lesson: Direct Instruction
* Mini Lesson: Direct Instruction
*Reading/Conferring: Students read at their independent level while the teacher confers with readers.
*Reading/Conferring: Students read at their independent level while the teacher confers with readers.
*Share: Students reflect, connect, and share regarding their reading experience, internalizing strategies.
*Share: Students reflect, connect, and share regarding their reading experience, internalizing strategies.
Small Group Instruction: Guided reading is a small group setting where students learn how to process a variety of increasingly challenging texts with understanding and fluency at their instructional level.
Small Group Instruction: Guided reading is a small group setting where students learn how to process a variety of increasingly challenging texts with understanding and fluency at their instructional level.