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EVALUATION/REFLECTION FROM LAST LESSON: Last week Edwin did better than the week before.
We had him read a story that was a bit long but we wanted him to get a lot of reading time. It seems like he
doesnt do much reading at school so we like to make sure he reads every week. We also worked on some
writing in a graphic organizer. He is starting to get better at coming up with details. We also transferred his
writing into his notebook as a final copy!
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Teachers check students knowledge of highfrequency words and their ability to use wordidentification strategies to decode other words in
grade level texts, (Tompkins, 2014, pg. 194).
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Students learn to read fluently so that they have
cognitive resources available for comprehension.
(Tompkins, 2014, pg. 101)
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As students write about what theyve read, they
unravel their thinking and, at the same time,
elaborate on and clarify their responses (Tompkins,
2014, pg.45).
Post-Reading Activity:
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Children also learn to read and write many highfrequency words and write several sentences to
develop a story or other composition. (Tompkins,
2014, pg. 115)
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