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GR
By MJH

I wait and begin GR around late October to beginning of November. Even thought many of my students still don't know their letters I begin. I start all my students in GR with wordless books, this allows me to teach the
strategy of looking at the picture to read and understand the story. I then move into books that may have 2 words sentences on a page. I teach the repeative word and we use the picture to figure out what the other word is. I have them look at the word, figure out what letter it begins with, what sound that letter makes and what the picture shows. This brings in the reteaching and teaching

of the letters.

I have a format I follow when I do GR. Each lesson begins with a letter and/or word review. I then introduce words that students may have a difficult time figuring out. I point those words out and we discuss them. The students then look through the book and decide if there are any words they think they may have a difficult time figuring out. As a group we work through those words. The students then read the book and I listen as they read and take notes. I then check for comprehension. I always end my lesson reviewing the words the students thought would be difficult and the strategy used to figure them out. My lesson takes anywhere from 20 - 30 minutes.

By using these strategies most of my students learn their letters and the associated sound(s) by March. There are alway a few who still have a difficult time and these are the ones I talk to parents about possible retention.

I teach in an inner city school where many of the parents are unable to read themselves so GR is very important in my room.