I believe that kids need to learn to sequence before they learn to read. Here is an interesting article from Didax on exactly this topic. http://www.didax.com/newsletter/archive.cfm/NewsletterID/53.cfm#247
A FUN GAME
Here’s a great game to play and learn some new languge in the process…and it gets bonus points for being really easy to set up. Find a paragraph or write a short paragraph – for example. ‘One very cold________an unfortunate
INCENTIVE BASED READING PROGRAMS
Here’s a really interesting article about a really low key incentive based reading program. http://www.watat.com/archives/2007/11/ato_the_lefta_o.html Good for Adrienne – make the book the prize not the concept of finishing the book.