Mrs. Ringler recommends...

Picture Books:

Chicka Chick Boom Boom Little Pea

by Bill Martin Jr. by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Duck on a Bike Bear Wants More

by David Shannon by Karma Wilson

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The Dinosaur Alphabet Book Jumanji

(or any of his alphabet books!) by Chris Van Allsburg

by Jerry Pallotta

Chapter books:

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Heartbeat Wonder

by Sharon Creech by R.J. Palacio

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Pictures of Hollis Woods Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by Patricia Reilly Giff by J.K. Rowling

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Loser Artemis Fowl

by Jerry Spinelli by Eoin Colfer

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Sarah, Plain and Tall The Lightning Thief

by Patricia MacLachlan by Rick Riordan

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies...

The man who never reads lives only one.

-George R. R. Martin

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Open Syllable Multi-sensory Chant

This is a multi-sensory chant for Open Syllables. A Vowel in an open, accented syllable is long. Code it with a macron.

Glass Bead Tray- Emergent Reading Center

Sample center for using glass bead trays to practice multi-sensory letter writing.

Bumpy Pad center

Sample center using the bumpy pad (plastic canvas from WalMart) to learn letters. The bumpy pad makes the activity more multi-sensory.

Combination Chant (6 Syllable Types)

This is a multisensory chant for learning what a "combination" is. Combinations are "letters that come together in an unexpected way." For example, qu is a combination because the q is read as /k/ and the u is read as /w/. R-controlled vowels are also combinations. For example, when we see ar in the word star, we would expect that it would be a closed syllable (a vowel followed by a consonant to close in the syllable). That would make the vowel short, and we would pronounce the a with the short sound, as in the word apple. However, we know that the syllable type is R-controlled/ Vowel-R/ or "Bossy R" and the r is controlling the vowel sound. Therefore, we call the grapheme combination ar because a and r are coming together in an unexpected way. We code it with an arc underneath the ar.

Adjacent and Alike Consonants CC

This is a multisensory chant for coding adjacent and alike consonants in words. When we find adjacent and alike consonants in a word, they usually make one sound. We usually will cross out the second. For example: In kiss, we only pronounce the /s/ sound one time in the word. When we code the ss, we would draw a slash through the second s so your eye can remind your brain that we only say the /s/ one time. Other words with alike and adjacent consonants: buzz, fill, mess, staff, dripping, butter Exceptions: 1) Final Stable Syllables, [Consonant-l-e words that we refer to as "bubble words." Bubble words are both FSS and have alike and adjacent consonants, but one is a part of the Final Stable Syllable. If you are coding the word, we cross out the first double consonant because the second is protected by the bracket. Example words: bubble, giggle, waddle, stipple, puzzle, hassle 2) Some words that have the letter c for adjacent and alike consonants. We have to remind our students of the c pronunciation rules in order to make decisions about how many sounds the letter c will make in the words: c } a, o, u, C = /k/ examples: accost, hiccup, occupy, accrue When we are reading, and we find the letter c before a, o, u, or any Consonant, the c will be read as /k/. (We code it with a k-back- if you are coding words with your students.) c } e, i, y = /s/ examples: access, succinct, success When we are reading, and we find the letter c before e, i, or y, the c will be read as /s/. (We code it with a cedilla- if you are coding words with your students.) Example word: access In the word access, the first c is before a Consonant (another c) and is read as /k/. The second c in the word is before an e and is read as /s/. Therefore the c makes two different sounds in the word, and you would pronounce both sounds when saying the word.

Learn letters in Name with 3D Letters- Emergent Reading Center

Sample center using 3D Letters to help students learn the letters in their names.

Name Puzzle- Emergent Reading Center

Sample center for Emergent Readers to help students learn the letters in their names using name puzzles.

Wall Letter Tracing- Emergent Reading Center

Sample center- students will trace a letter on chart paper on the wall

Read Aloud- A Splendid Friend Indeed- Emergent Reading Center

Read Aloud model

Name: Benja Ringler
Position: Reading Specialist
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Address: Chestnut Grove Elementary School

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I am so excited to be working at Chestnut Grove Elementary! We are going to have so much fun together!

Mrs. Ringler