Mrs. Abel's K-3 Kindergarten #107

I have been teaching for many years. I love to read and enjoy teaching children to love reading. I have a B.S. in Education from Indiana University, M.S. in Reading from Indiana University and M.S. in Learning Disabilities from Marycrest College.

My phone number is 319-287-6486 and my email at home is:abeld6@mchsi.com and I am happy to help any time.

I will be teaching Religion and Literacy skills. That means Reading, Writing, Word Work.

We will be using the Daily 5 which gives some responsibility to the children to practice the skills they choose to increase their learning. They will learn to 1. Read to themselves for enjoyment and information.2. They will do Word Work to increase their skills and knowledge of words both sight and phonetically. 3. Work on listening skills as they hear Reading by others increases fluency and comprehension. 4. Work on Writing is practice using skills they are taught to write sentences and paragraphs. Finally, 5. is Reading with a partner of their choice. This increases fluency and helps both partners.

I will be giving several skill lessons daily for the children to practice. The children will also be in Reading groups with me daily.

Important January/February Dates

January4 School Resumes

January 11 Dismissal 1:00

January 29 Catholic Schools Week begins

February

February 8 Dismissal 1:00

February 10 Professional Development Teachers only

Conferences: March 5-8

Our Goal is to help create independent readers and learners. This independent work gives the Teacher time to help individual students and groups of students with skills.We are using the 4 iPod Touches which we got via a McElroy Grant. I have added many reading apps for the students to use every week. The goal is to increase reading and phonics skills by a fun practice format.

Some good Web Sites for Kindergarteners: