Fun to see kids back on the track. The first practice went well. Good luck to the basketball teams this week as they compete in Sub State!
Gratitude project in Career & Life Planning today!
Here is another article from Carol Panzer regarding the Science of Reading, which has become a focus for us at LGS.
Reading scientists no longer debate whether phonics is a necessary part of effective reading instruction. Since reading is not hardwired in the brain, instruction must be explicit, systematic, and cumulative. In other words, the curriculum must be followed intentionally across grade levels. Children, who seem to break the code almost before they start school, can even benefit from instruction in phonemic awareness and phonics. Sometimes students who seem to learn to read effortlessly, still struggle with spelling words that actually follow the patterns learned through phonics.
The Simple View of Reading (fluent word reading X language comprehension = reading comprehension) means both parts of the equation are equally important.
Scarborough’s Rope is a model that adds more detail to the Simple View of Reading. The word-reading strand consists of phonological awareness, decoding, and sight word recognition. The language-comprehension strand consists of vocabulary, background knowledge, language structures, verbal reasoning, and literary knowledge.
The point is that even students with good decoding skills need to continue to build language skills for their reading comprehension to increase. Wide reading will build vocabulary and equally important it will give readers background knowledge. Students today often have background knowledge in areas such as video games and pop culture but that doesn’t always pertain to their academic reading.
Older students may also find it difficult to understand the language structure of compound or complex sentences because much of their spare time has been spent watching videos or in casual conversations that use few unique words and mostly incomplete sentences. Vocabulary, background knowledge, and language structure clearly impact reading comprehension.
Verbal reasoning is another part of the language-comprehension strand. Recognizing the meanings of figurative language such as metaphors, similes, or idioms is critical for higher level reading comprehension. Being able to draw conclusions and make inferences are also part of verbal reasoning. Even very young students can do that given appropriate text. Making predictions of what might happen next in a story is just one example of verbal reasoning, but there are many different types such as cause and effect, assertion and reason, fact and opinion.
The last specific area of the language-comprehension strand is literary knowledge. Simplistically that would include knowing the names for specific genres (biography, fantasy, etc.), but goes beyond that. Typically this is part of the English language arts curriculum but can be introduced at home through exposure to a wide variety of literature.
Of course, all of the strands weave together; one doesn’t really stand alone. The main idea is that reading comprehension has many components, and each component supports the others.
Activities Week at a Glance
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Big thanks to 4 time state champion, former Iowa State PG and current Lady Bronc head coach Jacy Holloway for talking to our team today. What better way to kickoff sub state than a message about WINNING sub state.
Monday's HS Boys BB Sub State Information
HS Boys BB Week at a Glance
Don’t forgot about Alpha tonight at cottonwood coffee house at 6:30pm. We will have some snacks, games, and a time of discussing life most important questions. Come and check it out you won’t regret it, anyone is invited, come as you are! -sponsored by your local FCA
Where’s Kyle? (2nd row from top. 10th from the left.) They had rehearsals the past two days and have put on an incredible concert! Such an awesome experience! Way to represent Lakin, Kyle!
Daryan Edgington and Brady Hendrix competed in a powerlifting meet at Larned today. Brady placed 3rd overall in the 165lb class and Daryan placed 1st overall in the 220lb class. Complete results can be found at hyperlifter.com #BroncStrong
Special guest John Jenkinson presented Yahir Cerrillo with his FFA jacket during National FFA week!
Roller coaster week! It’s always a 5th grade favorite! Learning about forces by engineering roller coasters.
Isabell and Josiah Ortiz are STATE CHAMPS! What an unbelievable accomplishment. Congratulations girls and coaches!
Child Development Showdown today for FFA week!
Orinn, Connor, Daryan, Jaytyn, & Elitza got up extra early to be on the radio this morning at KIUL & The Bull to promote FFA Week and talk about their experiences in FFA!
BWW and GCCC vs Hutch basketball tonight. Big thanks to GCCC for having us.
The HS vocal group did GREAT at the HPL Music competition in Sublette today. We had 4 soloists and 2 small ensembles. Each group received a 1 rating (the highest), except one soloist who only missed it by one point - so close. Very proud of how well everyone prepared and performed today! Now on to regionals in April!
Isabell and Josiah are wrestling in the Championship tomorrow!!!!
HS Sub State BB Information
