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Wolcott School
Cook County School District NO. 154 - 708-877-5160
200 North Wolcott Street - Thornton, IL 60476
708-877-2526 attendance - 708-877-2550 Directory of Teachers

                                             Beginning Readers

Students just beginning to learn to read are working on phonemic awareness skills. We are practicing identifying rhyming words, identifying the beginning sound, and changing sounds to make new words.

      Please practice rhyming words by giving them two words and asking if they rhyme. Please practice beginning sounds by naming things in the environment and asking what sound they hear at the beginning.

                            Phonetic Readers

Students who have already mastered beginning reading and phonemic awareness skills are working on phonics skills. We have reviewed closed syllables and CVC words. We have also review digraphs (sh, th, ch, wh, ck, qu).

      We are beginning to work on welded sounds. The welded sounds we know are ing, ang, ong, ung, ank, onk, unk, ink, all, am, and an. Students are practicing reading and writing words with these sounds. They are also practicing reading and writing sentences with words that have welded sounds.

      Please look for practice pages for students to read. Please also have them read the pages several times until they can read without mistakes fluently. If you would like more clarification about reading fluently, please contact me.

1^st grade students

      Students are working on identifying, counting objects, and writing numbers 1-10. We are also working on identifying numbers when they are not in sequence.

2^nd grade students

      Students are working on basic addition and subtraction facts. We will begin working on ordering and comparing numbers in the coming weeks.

                                                3^rd grade students

Students are working on reviewing basic addition and subtraction facts. They are also working on identifying place value and comparing numbers.

                               4^th grade students

Students are continuing to work on basic addition and subtraction facts. We are also working on solving word problems. Students have begun working on identifying place value up to the millions. We will continue practicing place value and then begin working on comparing and ordering numbers

Students need continued practice using writing to express their thoughts. Older students should be able to write about a topic using an introduction sentence, detail sentences, and a conclusion sentence. Their writing should remain on topic, and the detail sentences should support the introduction sentence. They should also be complete sentences, which include a subject and predicate, correct capitalization, appropriate punctuation,  and correct spelling.

Younger students should be able to write their first and last name, all uppercase and lowercase letters, number digits 1-10, and begin to draw pictures with a label.

·        Write a letter to a relative

·        Write a paragraph to describe a favorite (such as food, song, place, movie/TV show, season, sport) and describe why it’s their favorite

·        Write the grocery list

·        Write from topics listed below

o       The Loudest Noise in the World

o       My Dog Talked to Me

o       The Worst Day Ever

o       When I Broke a Rule

o       When School is Out

o       The Best Pizza

o       Lemonade

o       My Favorite Game

o       There’s a Hole in My Pocket

·                Write about a topic the student chooses