Rebecca Read-a-Lot Teaches Us Her Reading Secrets!

We met Rebecca-Read-a-Lot  this week!  She is a puppet friend that teaches us the secrets to being a good reader.  We'll share her secrets with you! Sh-h-h-h!

Rebecca  says:  First you look at the pictures and see if you can tell what the story will be about.
                        Then, you get your finger ready to point to the words.
                        Next you get your mouth ready to sound out the words.
                        Finally, you stretch out the letter sounds to hear the word.

She  has a  purse with special items that help us remember!

Lizzie tries on Rebecca's  glasses to help us to remember to LOOK at the pictures.

Next we get our finger ready to POINT to the words or "TRACK" the words.

We have to remember to get our MOUTHS READY to read by looking at the letters in the word.

Finally, we will learn to S-T-R-E-T-C-H out sounds to read words.

Today we began to work on our READING STAMINA!

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We learned that STAMINA means building up strength, sort of like building up muscles.

We will see if we can increase the time that we are engaged in reading independently.

Today we read independently for ONE minute!

 Learning to read is pretty cool!

Jon showed us how he practiced  reading at home by writing a sentence with his sight words.

READING ROCKS!