More Questions And Results!

I teach kindergarten, so I ask questions like…How do I get my students to recognize letters and their sounds? How do I get them to blend and segment words? How do I teach them one-to-one correspondence and other pre-reading skills? How do I teach vocabulary?

I turned to the opening part of our day where we find out who our “helpers” are for the day. I have a teaching partner – we have 42 children in one giant space. So, it made sense for us to have two helpers each day, one for each teacher. I created a set of Power Point slides for each student. The slides are set up like a riddle – Here’s an example (Oh, “hand” refers to the symbol used to distinguish my students from Mrs. Z’s students – her kids are “stars”)







This has been a great way for me to address some of the questions I asked earlier – letters/letter sounds, blending, vocabulary, one-to-one corresp., reading left to right.


























































These are results of student assessment (averages), my current students compared to my class from last year. The class this year has had technology enhanced instruction – described above and in past posts, along with instructional support from additional reading teachers, special education teachers and a couple of great paraprofessionals.