Mills PTA

Mills Elementary School—6201 Davis Lane Austin, TX 78749- (512)841.2400

The Roaring Readers Curriculum

KG & 1st GRADE--Snapshot of a Roaring Readers Lesson


Alphabet Strip
Reinforces the letter names and alphabet sequence.


Zoo Phonics

A fun, multisensory way for kids to learn the letter-sound connection.


Great Leaps

This scripted phonemic awareness activity helps provide students with a solid foundation for reading, working at the sentence, word and sound level. Activities include tapping words in sentence, tapping syllables in a word, rhyming, blending, etc.


Activities/Handwriting Without Tears

We begin with left/right games, then move to Handwriting Without Tears to practice letter writing and develop fine motor skills.


2nd GRADE--Snapshot of a Roaring Readers Lesson


Alphabet Strip
Reinforces the letter names and alphabet sequence.


Site Words
Each day the students read a list of high-fequency words that they need to know by site. They'll read words in rows, columns, phrases and sentences.


Read Naturally
This program is designed to help students improve their fluency and reading comprehension. The goal is to read effortelessly and with good expression.

 

 

 

 

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