Reading

Story Time

During the last few months I have been reading to the boys a couple of nights a week. The boys are really enjoying story time. They look forward to it often asking if I will read to them more often. I can not believe how quiet and focused they are during story time ( I wish they were that focused during other times of the day, especially homework time😃).

So far I have read Wonder by R. J. Palacio, Holes by Louis Sachar, and The Call Of The Wild by Jack London. After we finished each book we watched a movie based on the book so the boys could compare the book to the movie and decide which was better or more exciting, book or movie. A new movie version of The Call of the Wild starts this week and we are planning on going to the theater to watch it.

Our next book will be the classic A Journey To The Center Of The Earth by Jules Verne.

Mark Whalen
Sagonaska Jr. Boys

Interactive Whiteboard Apps

Students with a Learning Disability struggle to get their thoughts and ideas out to the world.   Using apps that let students express themselves in a variety of ways will more likely leverage learning strengths and sustain interest.  Check out the following video to learn about two useful Interactive Whiteboard apps.  

How to use Sight Words Pro to create a word list to develop reading automaticity

Sagonaska students use word lists to develop automaticity with high frequency words.  Reading automaticity happens when a student is able to read a word without having to think about it.  In this video, we explain how to use the app, Sight Words Pro, to create word lists.  

Using tech to organize our thoughts and show our thinking. Book Creator demo

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