Happy 2013....Welcome Back

Happy New Year!  It was a great week back at school.  In addition to our reading instruction, we are working with a program in class that is designed to help children develop their comprehension and vocabulary skills through read aloud stories.    Each week, we read a story and focus on six vocabulary words.  We try to use the vocabulary in our conversations and activities throughout the week.  The words we focused on this week were: cowered, reassured, vibrated, dumbfounded, suppressed and dismayed.  Please ask your child to retell the story Chato's Kitchen  and explain the new vocabulary words.