I moved away from Letter of the Week several years ago. It was hard to do, but definitely the right decision. (I was the only K teacher at my school at that time, and it was totally my decision.) Now I talk about all of the letters, but introduce one a day through the Letter People and Zoophonics. I only introduce the characters, sing the letter person's song and show the zoophonics character's signal. Most of my children know most or all letters and sounds by the end of September. We do a lot with all of the letters and sounds(names activities, too), lots of writing (invented spelling) to use the letter sounds. My lowest three children were on level 4 at the end of the year (3/4=C). The rest were on levels 6-10. Kinderjane/SC :-) In a message dated 8/27/2009 9:03:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
This is a question for Kindergarten teachers: If you have moved away from teaching a "letter of the week" and introduce the letters more quickly or naturally please let me know how long you have been teaching this way and how it is going in your classroom. What percent of your students are reading at a level C by end of K? _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
