Burst+2

=Lake Orienta Free Reading= == =Burst #: 2=

=**Grades Kindergarten and First**= =(Your evaluation will influence the level and focus of your next Burst.)= = =

**Rate the entire Burst**
=__Level/Focus:__ Too Easy, Just Right, Too Hard=
 * Fife/1st grade--**Level Focus: Just right
 * Goldstein/1st Grade--** Level Focus: Just Right
 * Sanford/1st grade**--Level Focus: Just right for most activities.
 * Braccio/1st grade**-Level Focus: Just right for most activities.
 * Danner/Kdg--**Level Focus: Just right for most students
 * Nuñez/Kdg--**Level Focus:Just right, for one student he was bored and distracted.
 * Baños/1st grade--**Level Focus: Just right
 * Frage/Kdg---**Level Focus:
 * Hartsfield/Kdg--**Level Focus: Just Right

=**If too easy or too hard, explain:**= Nuñez-The student that was bored and distracted is not in my group for the 3rd Burst.

=__Pace:__ Too Easy, Just Right, Too Hard=
 * Fife/1st grade**--Pace: just right
 * Goldstein/1st grade--** Pace: Just right
 * Sanford/1st grade**--Pace:Just Right
 * Braccio/1st grade**--Pace: Just Right
 * Danner/Kdg**--Pace: Just right for most students
 * Nuñez/Kdg**--Pace:just right
 * Baños/1st grade**--Pace: Just right
 * Frage/Kdg**--Pace:
 * Hartsfield/Kdg--**Just Right

=**If too easy or too hard, explain:**=

Were there any activities in the Burst that you would modify/change? If so, how and why? Other comments:
When playing a game with a "letter leader" sometimes I have to split the kids into groups and have them play as partners. When they have to wait through 3 other students to get their turn, they get anxious and antsy.
 * Fife/1st grade**--Games that involve noises, like the Bell Game, are not suited for this set up. I wish BINGO board were provided when needed and I wish the stories/sentences for fluency came already typed up and large so that I don't have to write the whole thing out.


 * Goldstein/1st--** I would have liked pre-printed Bingo cards and decodable stories that I didn't have to copy. Also, when practicing rules (such as silent e) it is important to "take it to text." The activity went pretty fast, so it would have been a good idea to then read some phrases with silent e.


 * Sanford/1st--** I made my boards for Connect Four and Bingo and word cards for Memory, Bingo, Surprise and Draw Two. It would be nice to have you send these cards and boards already printed. I would also like to change the Sound Matching Adjectives activity to a longer period or only pick one of the two skills on which to focus. Trying to draw a picture with only one target sound adjectives was too difficult and time consuming. In fact, most of the fun activities at the end of each lesson needed more time. We got tired of the Letter Combination Accuracy activity where we only said the target sound.


 * Braccio/1st**-- I wish the stories/sentences for fluency came already typed up and large so that I don't have to write them out. The first time we read the story I have been doing it on large chart paper so that we can read it as a whole group. The second time we read the story I like to have it on individual sheets so that the students can have it right in front of them. The word puzzle is a really neat idea, but only one person can lay a piece down at a time. The other 3 students were getting pretty antsy waiting for their turn. It would also be nice if we could we could be provided with laminated puzzle pieces. Then we could change the words on the pieces if we need to use them again, or we could share them with another teacher. This activity took a long time to prepare!


 * Danner/Kdg-- Maybe change up the bag game..play it a different way if we are going to play it every day - a little variety maybe.**


 * Nuñez/Kdg-- No changes - the activities move quickly enough that the kids are anticipating the next activity.**


 * Baños/1st grade-- I noticed that the word "put" is part of the word cards. "Put" is a sight word so the students should be able to read it correctly automatically. Since the students are used to sounding out words for Burst, when they see the word "put" they pronounce it as "putt" and become confused when I tell them it should be read as "put."**


 * Frage/Kdg--**


 * Hartsfield/Kdg--** The activities in the Burst were not altered, they were presented to the students as directed. The duration of some of the activities were adjusted based on the engagment of my students.

Other comments:
**Fife-1st grade--** The activites involving sounding out words (most of the time, my first AND thrid activities) do not take more than 2 minutes leaving lots of time to fill in. PS. "from" and "put" are not regular words. Many activities were repeated too many times. Students got bored of the same activities every day. We could have done new activites and moved on. I also wish that we practiced each sound more than just introducing it and playing "letter accuracy" with it. They need to be reading it in words and stories and maybe even writing with it.


 * Goldstein/1st grade--** The kids definitely need sight word practice, so that was good. The letter combintation review was good too. I do think there needs to be a bit more application (writing the words with the sounds in them). Also, as stated before, they need to apply the rules (silent e, for example) by reading short phrases/sentences.


 * Sanford/1st grade-**Please make the word cards all lower case and in Comic Sans so the letters look more like our handwriting print. This makes a difference in letters like "g" or "a".


 * Sanford/1st grade--**


 * Braccio/1st grade-- The students really enjoyed playing word potato!**


 * Danner/Kdg-- The students enjoy being in a small group and doing the activities where they work together as a team.**


 * Nuñez/Kdg--** The students really look forward to the games - bean bag toss**,** connect four and Boom!


 * Baños/1st grade** -- The students really enjoyed the games, especially Tic-Tac-Toe, Connect Four, and Boom.


 * Frage/Kdg**--


 * Hartsfield/Kdg--** T he adjustment made to my group has been very positive. The remaining students are engaged and putting forth more effort to produce correct responses. Their ability levels are complimentary. Like the other students, they enjoy the bean bag toss and Bingo.
 * Baños/1st grade--**


 * Frage/Kdg**---