Introducing Xpect to Achieve starts out by telling the student
they were hand-picked for this special class that will learn about several
strategy to help them with reading, comprehension, and how they can become an
active reader. They had to start out by
writing out three things that are important to them. It was fun sharing. The students where told about all the things
that they would be expose to in this class from value of each student, connect reading
to goals or dreams and let them know they will see results if they just try in
this class.
We are learning about procedures to start, stop, or change to different activities. That part was easy. We learned about PRIDE and what it stood for. We looked at what the word Achieve stood for so they would understand I was here to teach them something new that would help them learn better. We had a separate area for their Start up (Do Now) and what was going to be on the agenda. I had a separate area for the posters and information.
The students had to learn how to talk to each other in a safe manner and the “Talking Together Skills” helped them do learn how to take turns, how to listen, and how to be understanding.
I introduced what guided reading was going to look like. My students look forward to that 10 minutes of reading.
I explained how this program will close the gap in their reading level. We complete the pretest on Word Identification and the Word Mapping Pretest. Xpect to Achieve does just that, it sets the tone of the Xtreme class and sets them up for a successful year.
We are learning about procedures to start, stop, or change to different activities. That part was easy. We learned about PRIDE and what it stood for. We looked at what the word Achieve stood for so they would understand I was here to teach them something new that would help them learn better. We had a separate area for their Start up (Do Now) and what was going to be on the agenda. I had a separate area for the posters and information.
The students had to learn how to talk to each other in a safe manner and the “Talking Together Skills” helped them do learn how to take turns, how to listen, and how to be understanding.
I introduced what guided reading was going to look like. My students look forward to that 10 minutes of reading.
I explained how this program will close the gap in their reading level. We complete the pretest on Word Identification and the Word Mapping Pretest. Xpect to Achieve does just that, it sets the tone of the Xtreme class and sets them up for a successful year.