Teaching Phonics, High-Frequency Words, and Fluency

            Throughout my first grade class, we are working on introducing all of the vowels to my students. They complete hands on activities in order to engage in the lesson. I was able to relate to the power point in that we use “tapping it out” in order to sound out words. I found it interesting to read that it is important to introduce about 5 or 6 words to students when they are learning to build the rime. The PowerPoint discussed the importance of allowing students to read books and I have found that my 1^st graders are very interested in reading. They were given the opportunity to select four books to place in their personal book box. This way the students are able to choose books that they have an interest in. When my students are reading a story for the week with either the lead teacher, or myself it focuses on the specific phonetic skill that was introduced. I loved reading about the idea of allowing students to create a book for themselves. When working in small groups, students are constantly engaged in a hands on activity and orally repeating what they are learning and completing. The currently classroom that I am working in does not have a word wall and I feel as though my students would benefit greatly from this.