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Guided reading in primary

hat is Guided Reading, students through the reading working through the class novel
Wand how does it work in process. In the primary together with differentiated
Primary? school guided reading is activities. Guided reading
just one of many different sessions use challenging texts
Miss christina pablo activities to help students with which students not be able
Guided reading is an important decoding unknown words, to access individually, so the
part of our literacy program here comprehension, building teachers are there to support
at EIC, but some parents may vocabulary and making and guide them through their
still not fully understand it. What connections to dig deeper into reading. In this way, students feel
is guided reading exactly? And texts. During a guided reading safe, confident, and challenged
why is so important? lesson students can be working in reading at a level which is
Guided reading is a teaching in small groups using different appropriate for them. Have a
approach in which the books (as most often seen with look at some of our students
teacher essentially guides younger students) or even enjoying guided reading!

The chinese New Year at eIc A very special
Valentine's Day activity!

rimary 4 have been keeping in touch enric (4t A)
Pwith Miss Coy by sending letters as This February, primary 4 had to prepare a
part of their English lessons. dance to perform at the Chinese new year
festival. It was called “Zhao a zhao a zhao
Miss Neal peng you”. Miss Luna showed the dance
Pupils have been asking some interesting to us and we rehearsed 4 or 5 times in the
questions about life in China and telling Miss fórum.
Coy about some of the projects that have Miss Luna worked with all the classes
been happening at the EIC. As part of our to make decorations for all the school,
Chinese New Year preparations, we made including corridors, doors, the dining hall
Chinese lanterns and were very surprised to and classrooms. We all contributed to it and it
have a special visitor come to the EIC to help looked excellent! In the dining room, we had
us with the craft… Miss Coy surprised us with a special menú for Chinese New Year and it
a secret visit! She came back to see us again was delicious!
the following week to watch our Chinese I want to say thankyou to Miss Luna and all
New Year performances in the forum. the students for organising the festival and
What a lovely surprise for primary 4! doing an excellent job!

e had the pleasure of people like Adrià to overcome
Wwelcoming Sandra obstacles in their day to day
Andreu (Adrià Ripoll’s mother lives.
from Primary 3B) on Valentine’s We had the opportunity to ask
Day in the afternoon to give us questions and to talk to her
a presentation on congenital about people we know who
heart disease. Did you know have the same disease.
that Valentine’s day is also At the end of the day, we made
congenital heart disease day? our own red cardboard hearts,
wrote down things we enjoy
Miss Martha casal doing and glued them to an
Sandra did a great job in extra large heart in our corridor!
explaining what the disease Here are some pictures of the
involves and how we can help day!