tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621763401623295672.post4209753106954827369..comments2015-06-19T16:05:40.026-07:00Comments on Ask Reading Sage: Reading Program: Reading Boot CampThe Reading Sagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05269503720197163765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621763401623295672.post-14389577533756887432010-10-07T13:11:15.619-07:002010-10-07T13:11:15.619-07:00Dear Teachers/Parents, Reading Boot camp i...Dear Teachers/Parents, <br> Reading Boot camp is what everyone should! What we do is we sing songs like <br>Across the Universe by The Beatles. Make flash cards from our Kung – Fu list(By the way, That’s a list of academic words), Sit with a buddy and study our National Reading Vocabulary and make kid-friendly sentences. We also practice our fluency with our Eclectic Speller. We do all of these to help us with reading, comphension, and fluency! <br> Right now, We’re reading a chapter book called, Seer of Shadows. <br>It’s about a boy named, Horace, who is a photographer and finds a frightful likeness:<br>The image of the Von Macht’s dead daughter, Eleanora! The book is at a seven-fifty<br>Lexile! 750! We’ve also read the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Because of Winn-Dixie, and The Story of Doctor Dolittle. It’s helps us with expression and fluency. <br> Oh, I forgot to you the songs we sing. Across the Universe By The Beatles.<br>What the World Needs Now by Jackie Shannon and Kung-Fu Fighting! All of these <br>Songs we sing help us with speed and articulation. <br> Something else I forgot. The fun things we do!<br>Vocabulary Sparkle! Wait, you don’t know how to play Vocabulary Sparkle, do you?<br>Then, I’ll tell you! All of us stand and try to guess the definition of the word Mr. Taylor gets from the Kung-Fu list. We also get rewards if we do Super Great! We<br>Could get candy or play board games! Last Friday, Mr. Taylor made Mexican pizzas as a reward for the whole class. <br> And when we’re practicing our fluency, We sit in cop cars.<br>You know how cops talk to each other like one is facing north or east and the other south or west? Yup! That’s how we sit! Mr. Taylor calls it “buddy buzz” at times. The reason why<br>We sit in cop cars is to listen to the reader better and see the text better. <br> What about American Juku? Wait, What is it? It’s just a multiple – choice test. In Japan, It’s cram school. And by that I mean, Juku means cram. It’s helps us with reading comphension. We do it because it’s multiple – choice test prep. <br> So you see why we do Reading Boot camp? If we do Reading Boot camp, Then the whole grade should too! No, The whole school. The whole district! <br>So please , PLEASE do it!! <br> Sincerely,<br> Sabrina<br> Age, 9Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621763401623295672.post-2049886226394637432010-10-14T17:21:57.952-07:002010-10-14T17:21:57.952-07:00Thank you Dr.(oops)Master Taylor for being so gene...Thank you Dr.(oops)Master Taylor for being so generous in sharing all your materials. It has been so exciting for me to witness how your students have helped work with my students in assisting them in becoming engaged in practicing their fluency drills. I have shared with other colleagues at Rio Vista how empowering this is for the students. The students know exactly what their goals are in regards to fluency rate and lexiles that they should be reading at! The students have been much more interested in using and learning the National Vocabulary Word lists found at http://www.readingkey.com/ because they know these are the words that will help them achieve their grade level reading fluency and comprehension. This year has gotten off to an exciting start for me in that I have applied some of the components of Reading Boot Camp that my teaching time permits for my multiple grade levels. I'm glad that we have been able to initiate our monthly "Vocabulary Masters" quizzes for our grades 2-5 as an extra motivational tool for our students to help them improve on their reading and academic vocabulary. <br><br>I feel there are some very effective and valuable components to Mr. Taylor's Reading Boot Camp that reading interventionists as myself can consistently incorporate within the time I have to work with small groups of 3rd to 5th graders. As I am working with English Language Learners, and lower quartile students, I will be monitoring closely the progress my students make and sharing this information with other district colleagues in similar positions as myself.Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573554531979410429noreply@blogger.com