"Jane" is a precocious youngster. She began the school year with some letter knowledge and a real motivation to learn more. Quickly, Jane absorbed the concepts of print during the RWS "Story Puzzle" as she was able to dictate sentences and see her words become published stories. Jane is now reading simple text and uses both phonetic awareness and sight words to decode.
     Early in the new year, Jane composed a poem as she rode the bus to school:

"Spring is coming
Flowers are growing
People are glad"

     We shared this verse with others by scheduling it for our early morning television show. How proud she seemed!
     We are seeing other students eager to compose poetry now, too!

M.C.G.
Kindergarten Teacher