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Little Wow Moments

  • May 15, 2024
  • Posted by: Caitlin McCallum
  • Category: Wow Story
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I have a student – a first grader – who came to me in the fall only knowing 13 of her letters and letters sounds. She has put a lot of time and energy into practicing and growing her knowledge and now she confidently knows 21 of her letters and letter sounds! She is so excited to demonstrate her knowledge and has been starting to blend letters together to read CVC words on her own. We are both eager to see how she’ll continue to grow throughout the year!

~written by Nikki Schweitzer. LSEM Teacher at Trinity Lutheran School in Traverse City, MI

 

I have a second-grade student who has made great gains with his reading.  In August he was sounding out every letter of every word.  He struggled with his phonics and scored well below on the nonsense word fluency.  He and I have been practicing his fluency and phonics and now he is a much more fluent reader.  He is at benchmark on the nonsense word fluency.  It is very rewarding!

~written by Karen Bieberich, LSEM Teacher at Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran School in Fort Wayne, IN

 

My kindergarten literacy group sounding out letters and making CVC words! They have come so far this year—from not knowing most of their letter names to knowing letter names and sounds!!!

~written by Darla Beckwith, LSEM Teacher at Grace Lutheran School in Jacksonville, FL

 

My WOW for this year is the growth of my 4th-grade reading group. This school year, we have studied many spelling patterns for the 44 sounds in the English language. These two students have shown a lot of growth in reading. They are reading text with multisyllabic words with high accuracy and are comprehending what they are reading. They are also applying the learned spelling patterns to their writing. These students are also more confident readers and often read their assessments without any assistance when they come to the Learning Center to take tests. I am very proud of them.

~written by Shea Burgeson, LSEM Teacher at St John Lutheran School in Rochester, MI