This time of year is full of opportunities for looking forward and looking back. Our biggest highlight from last week was the chance to see Ms. Deborah! She dropped by to let us know how she was doing and to wish the children well on their last school days and summer adventures. . As we think about summer, hopefully some of our reading strategy bookmarks have made it home to you! We learn a lot of reading strategies but have been concentrating on accuracy strategies or strategies for reading accurately. So far the children have learned the strategies we call Skippy Frog, Lips the Fish, Stretchy Snake and Eagle Eye. They will soon be practicing Flippy Dolphin, Chunky Monkey and Tryin' Lion! Each of the strategy bookmarks coming home have brief descriptions of the strategies so you can encourage them in your readers at home as you read together this summer. You can also find a quick reference poster here. . As important as a...