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Good readers are like…..spiders?!
Ew! Gross!
But really, they are! Just as spiders spin their webs, connecting each thread to another…good readers connect the threads in their minds when they read. They take what they are reading, and weave a web with what they have stored in their schema. This week, we have begun spinning our reading [...]

Every Friday, first graders pair up with fourth and fifth grade students for reading buddy time. The “big buddies” enjoy modeling fluency and comprehension strategies for the “small buddies,” and the “small buddies” enjoy showing off their developing reading skills. It makes for a very enjoyable time!