Speech and language students at Prairieview have been practicing using contextal clues to interpret the meaning of unfamiliar words while reading. They have made progress thinking of "What makes sense in the sentence?" when predicting meanings. Most of the students are feeling more comfortable attempting to figure out possibilities rather than skipping the word or giving up.
Other children have enjoyed listening to reading passages or watching a brief video and summarizing the story. They have used summary guide graphic organizers to identify characters, setting, and sequence of events. They are improving story-telling and expressive language skills.
Lakeview students enjoyed writing on Mrs. DeYoung's "Word Wall"
to list various character traits and synonym and antonym pairs. They generated lots of adjectives to describe emotions and personal attributes. This activity is helping to increase vocabulary and develop comprehension and reasoning skills.
