Reading in Kindergarten

We are readers!  From day one of kindergarten, students have had books in their hands.  Over the past couple of weeks, we have been working hard at listening to lots of song books, familiar books and have fallen in love with some favorites.  

Each day, students have the opportunity to read.  Students are reflecting on themselves as readers and are sharing the kind of reader he/she is...

"I am the kind of reader who reads the pictures."

"I am the kind of reader who reads books I have heard before."

"I am the kind of reader who reads books that are my favorites."

"I am the kind of reader who reads song books."

"I am the kind of reader who reads some words."

Students are learning to pick reading spots and thinking about the book choices they are making.  

Students enjoy partner read days when they can read together.  Singing our class songs together is a favorite past time.

Students are beginning to identify what readers do when they are beginning to read predictable grade level texts.  So far we have talked about:

~Look at the pictures

~Use the pattern

~Point to the words