The students have been learning more and more every day. During literacy stations, I have been working with students in groups practicing the Orton Gillingham method of teaching letters. This is where you first begin by teaching students the "magic C", and then o, then a, then d, and so on. The idea is that by starting with c, they are used to forming letters by starting at the top and making that curve. It seems simple, but a few of the students do struggle with making a c and want to immediately draw a line. I help them practice forming these letters by drawing in trays filled with sand or rice. They enjoy it, but it is very messy and they sometimes get distracted and want to play around in it instead of learn. I try to get these students back on track by individually helping them and praising them for any small accomplishment so that they want to work and accomplish even more.
The students have been learning more and more every day. During literacy stations, I have been working with students in groups practicing the Orton Gillingham method of teaching letters. This is where you first begin by teaching students the "magic C", and then o, then a, then d, and so on. The idea is that by starting with c, they are used to forming letters by starting at the top and making that curve. It seems simple, but a few of the students do struggle with making a c and want to immediately draw a line. I help them practice forming these letters by drawing in trays filled with sand or rice. They enjoy it, but it is very messy and they sometimes get distracted and want to play around in it instead of learn. I try to get these students back on track by individually helping them and praising them for any small accomplishment so that they want to work and accomplish even more.
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