February Blog

So, I have been trying a new chunking activity with some of my lower readers and my intervention students in the afternoon. I have been making up little half sheets of words that have chunks that we have been focusing on in reading and spelling. For example, the whole sheet may be on the AR sound. The students go through and highlight the AR in every word and then say the sound every time. Then we go through and read the entire word. It amazes me how challenging this is for the students to remember these sounds and pull out the chunks, even when they are repeated over and over and over. It just made me realize that these students don't use this strategy as readers and that is part of the struggle they have with reading. Just thought I would share, I am happy to show anyone these half sheets if it easier to understand by seeing a visual!