Promoting+Literacy

 **PROMOTING LITERACY**
=in school and at home =

= = =Parents here is our current newsletter with some wonderful ideas on easy, every day activities that will promote literacy skills in your home. Check out the newsletter and try these activities and see if you and your child can think of some other cool games to play at home to promote literacy. = = = = =

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= Teachers please check out these //COOL// links! =

==**One of the major difficulties that we face with teaching ELL students is ensuring that they are learning and growing. If they come to a bump in the road it is imperative that we are able to identify the source of the difficulty accurately. To distinguish a learning difference from a language difficulty you must first know exactly where your student's ability is, their learning style and their background. Make sure that the data that you collect is accurate and measurable. This will show growth and progress or lack there of. If there is a lack of progress at all then a learning difference could be considered for further testing.** == = =

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Case Study

= My //ALL// time favorite book selection for emergent readers is by none other than Dr. Seuss! = = I chose Dr. Seuss' __The Foot Book.__ The reason that I choose this book is because it is a funny repetitive rhyming sing-songy book. The kids love this. They often view it as a tongue twister. It deals with many literacy skills such as rhyming, repetition, and opposites. =



Michelle Smith cynthia.smith@mnps.org A.Z. Kelley Elementary School 615-941-7535

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