As some of you may know, we had accepted some lower end second graders this year who had been struggling with reading (or not reading at all). I've been trying to spend as much extra time with them as possible, and pretty much started from scratch with them on their reading.
It's been a little tricky, and at first I was getting discouraged because they just didn't seem to be getting it, but slowly by slowly they've been coming along.
Anyway, today they all took a huge leap, and understood the concept of short vowels and long vowels, and were doing very well in reading groups today! As one of them confidently read a sentence containing short and long vowel words, I was literally holding back the tears.
So much of teaching is the same old, same old, and since you are going along at the same pace as the kids it's hard to sometimes see the progress. It's just those little glimpses here and there that give enough encouragement and joy to keep chugging on!
That is so awesome to hear!
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