My Other Job....

I thought I would post some pictures of where I spend my days on the 2 1/2 days a week that I work. I'm currently working as a Reading Specialist at a beautiful school in San Francisco. I get to spend my days reading with first and second graders...

This is my "Reading Corner"

Literally, a corner.
These young ladies are just getting warmed up!
These are all of the leveled books we read.

These are my students books that they've read.

A pre-reading vocabulary activity, "Word Prediction."

I always remind my students of strategies that "Good Readers" use.

A post-reading, comprehension activity, "Sketch to Stretch."

A picture of a car helps us remember the "-ar" chunk!

A story summary using Interactive Writing (we share the pen and write the story together).

We use non-fiction literature and "code" the book, looking for information we already know, information that is new to us, and questions that we have about the information.
Not a bad way to spend my days!