Why does purposefully PREplanning your read aloud improve student learning?

Responses from Staff Meeting

• Helps you know what vocabulary to focus on/teach
• Allows for questioning throughout the story (not just at the end), helps students think while reading
• Models think aloud (comprehension strategies that successful readers use)
• Allows you to consider author's craft, how you are going to help your students understand
• Can be a way to teach social skills (through character development)
• Choose stories that will help your students connect personally to a topic/idea/character
• Pre-plan for potential rough spots (ie  Tales of a 4th grade Nothing outs Santa!!!!!!!!)
• A way to show your passion for books and reading
• Model how books sound (especially for children who are not read to)
• Opportunity to choose high interest/content material
• Way to practice reading behaviors

Quick Fundations Survey for Teachers K, 1, 2

Please take a minute to complete this survey. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1R1nujGnBJRrmnp1wYurp_N2vbJIgY6LmG5QdimSI3cY/viewform

Life Lessons from Students

As part of our work in looking at student data we asked ourselves what students are here to teach us...take a look at this quick video to see what teachers said.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B33E11ttBPieM0RGbEdMd1BTOHFfcTVRWTFqNGYteUhJbjNJ/view?usp=sharing

Fundations Teacher Resources

Did You Know...Fundations has a Unit Test Tracker?

You can enter your class by student name (just once, it will automatically enter them for future unit assessments) and then input their score for the assessment.  It will tally your class average and highlight in red any students who did not meet the benchmark. 

To access these resources you will have to register with a code in your teacher manual.  Here is the link to the Unit Test Tracker Page:

https://www.wilsonacademy.com/Default.aspx?p=Unit_Test_Materials