Using compare and contrast sentence stems in a graphic organizer to write and discuss the differences and similarities between detective dogs and search and rescue dogs. We enjoyed this multilevel nonfiction book about Dogs that Work. Cardinal Ridge ES

Scholars wore story vocab words on their backs and asked one another questions about their words such as what is a synonym for me to guess it. They chose traits to describe story characters. They rated one another’s traits by adding a heart or a question mark. Cardinal Ridge ES

ESOL scholars engaged in reading nursery rhyme songs, phonics board games, and reader’s theater plays. Asking to read one more page or play one more time! Cardinal Ridge ES

New teachers watching Jan Richardson’s guided reading videos for their small groups. Cardinal Ridge ES

Beat our goal of 25CWPM and then beat our goal of 55CWPM. Continuing to go higher. Feeling motivated and confident with Fluency Friday-⁦Cardinal Ridge ES⁩

Locating evidence for character analysis with sticky notes, stop and jot, and a character traits graphic organizer in the folk tale- Anansi the Spider ⁦Cardinal Ridge ES⁩

Kindergarten Reader’s Theater composed of cvc words and high frequency words and incorporating comprehension. ⁦Cardinal Ridge ES⁩

Hands on activities are always the best for engagement. Working on capital and lowercase puzzles for letter ID and beginning sounds-⁦Cardinal Ridge ES⁩

Parent Academy at CRE! Parents are about to go visit classrooms to give teacher feedback! They have been taught what to look for with scholar learning and engagement! ⁦Cardinal Ridge ES⁩

Coffee and pastries and Dr. A sharing data from the Family Learning Academy Night with Parents before the Family Academy Learning Walk! ⁦Cardinal Ridge ES⁩

Families are excited for the opportunity to engage in a Learning Walk to observe what scholars are learning and how they are learning it! The parents are grateful for this school to home connection and the new conversations they can have. Cardinal Ridge ES

Head, shoulders, knees, and toes to practice segmenting words with 4 sounds. Cardinal Ridge ES

Motivated to practice blending cvc words with different short vowel sounds through hands on activities. Cardinal Ridge ES

We all worked on learning a different lower case letter and sound today using play-doh. Cardinal Ridge ES

Magnetic chips and a magnetic wand for spelling and then zapping sounds to blend words with the ow vowel pattern. ⁦Cardinal Ridge ES⁩

Picture sorts for the sounds of W and Y with Kindergarten scholars. ⁦Cardinal Ridge ES⁩

ESOL scholars beat their Fluency Goals. ⁦Cardinal Ridge ES⁩

Compare and Contrasting two animals from a nonfiction text. The scholars picked snow leopards and elephants and wrote about the differences in physical characteristics and habitats. ⁦Cardinal Ridge ES⁩

Prepped reading instructional materials for Academic Help Desk Middle School volunteers who are former CRE scholars. They helped fourth grade scholars practice comp strategies for fiction & nonfiction texts and then enjoyed Reader’s Theaters for those texts. Cardinal Ridge ES

Third graders working on Word study and moving up levels in My Lexia! Cardinal Ridge ES