Five for Friday and a Giveaway!

1.  I'm almost better, but I am exhausted!!!  I wish I had a magic wand (or a fairy godmother) to clean, cook, and be a chauffeur.

2.  I've been helping screen students with the Quick Phonics Assessment. It is really a good tool to help pinpoint phonics difficulties in older students.  We have LOTS of new students in grades 3-5, and this assessment has helped me so much in terms of making sure they receive the correct intervention.  It came with the Benchmark Phonics Spiral Up kit.  We use this kit to help supplement some phonics instruction during intervention, but we don't rely on it as our only intervention.

3. I need a good book to read!!!  Any suggestions?

4.  My son came home from school this week with a book he made about needs and wants.  My favorite page was the following:
Something I need is...love
Something I want is.... a melen dolores.

5.  We are hoping to have our school wide "walk to intervention" up and running by October 1.
Every grade level has a 30 minute time block where students are either working on reading skills (and applying these skills) or reading enrichment. Most grade levels are able to have 3-4 extra support staff helping during this time, which helps makes the groups smaller.  It has been a truly collaborative effort to get this started!  I'm super excited because this is in addition to guided reading and reading intervention. 

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