Ms. Smith is working with a small group of students. She rea…

Ms. Smith is working with a small group of students. She realizes that one of the students is really struggling with reading fluency. After intervention, she decides that Susan can read most high-frequency words, but is struggling with unfamiliar words. When text is read aloud, Eva has no trouble answering comprehension questions. At a meeting with Eva’s mom, what could Ms. Smith tell Eva’s mom to encourage her and what could she tell her she will be focusing on in class to boost Eva’s reading comprehension.  Write your answer as if you are speaking to Eva’s mom.  The answer is based on your knowledge of what we’ve learned so far.

You are in a meeting with your Kindergarten colleagues and o…

You are in a meeting with your Kindergarten colleagues and one of them states the following:  “When we look at criteria for exiting Kindergarten, we must include the criteria that they master 100 new high-frequency words before they can go to 1st grade.”  How would you respond?