Dyslexia Awareness Month

Wow, it has been too long since I last posted!  Time is flying by and I can't believe that it is almost the end of October.  October is a special month in that it is Dyslexia Awareness Month.  In honor of that, the Erika Center at Bodine School (where I work) is sponsoring several movie screenings of the show, The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia.  Please see the information below about this important event.  To register to attend please contact me at glandaiche@bodineschool.org.
Hope to see you soon!

Summertime post from the past...

Summertime family reading

"Summertime, and the livin' is easy" are lyrics from the famous play Porgy and Bess and I hope that this is the feeling you have around your house right now.  Although you are all probably busy still doing "regular" daily things, you at least don't have lots of "homework" added to the schedule.  This is a perfect time to read together as a family and there are several "techniques" that parents can use when reading with their child to improve reading fluency.

Fluency is developed by listening to good readers and by practicing fluent reading.  You and your child can "chorus" read passages together (reading the same thing at the same time) or "echo" read where one person reads a sentence or phrase first and the another person reads it immediately after, like an echo.  As you read together, stop and point out connections to real-life experiences, movies or tv shows, or other previously read books.  Making connections is a good way to build your child's understanding of, and, interest in, a story.  Also, make sure to stop and discuss unfamiliar words and practice sounding them out together.  It is fun to "share" things that you have read with an "audience" (like other family members) as your child improves their reading ability and confidence.

Here is a nice source for ordering books online for specific age groups:

Amazon book lists

Summertime!

Happy Summer everyone!  As we approach the official beginning of summer with summer solstice (the shortest day of the year!), it is important to remember to keep your reading and math skills sharp.  You will find some activities to help you do this on my Draggo page - click here.  I have been testing some of the links and have found that several send an error message regarding Adobe Flash and must be used with the Firefox browser.  I plan to add more links soon and I hope that you have fun exploring and learning on them:)

Multiplication Tricks

I am working with a wonderful third grade class and we are learning our multiplication times tables.
Today we watched a fun youtube video on the 8's and I wanted to share the link.  Click here to check it out:)

Happy New Year! plus Kipling Kitten and math resources...

Looking forward to a happy, healthy New Year in 2017!!  Here is a photo of my third cat, Kipling (he is also a rescue kitty).  I also ran across some helpful math sites that I wanted to share with you in case you ever need them:)

Kipling

Math Help Websites:
(you can also find these on my Draggo page under "math")

Easy Peasy Homeschool

Khan Academy

Homeschool Math

Ted Ed Math

IXL Math