Lovely Wednesday!

Hello out there!

Right off the bat, Rebekah set a beautiful tone for Wednesday when she told everyone that she was so excited about the literacy day ahead. And, maybe even more exciting - Rebekah is off to P.E.I. at the crack of dawn tomorrow morning. She is really looking forward to seeing the 38 wonderful family members that are ready and waiting to see her, and party with her!
After getting caught in the downpour last night, Megan also had a great literacy day and enjoyed the awesome skype session with everyone else in the program. Technology, eh? 
And this is no secret, Avery has decided that she much prefers the shared reading book Can you Keep a Secret over the group reading book Shiloh. Must be all of the juicy bits, right Avery??? 
Kennen did an amazing job reviewing the letter-sound correspondence letters "a, m, and p" and even mastered the brand new "o".  She also was literally counting down the minutes until the previously mentioned skype date with all of the literacy groups. 
For all of the baseball fans out there (and even the non-baseball fans out there!), Kaitlyn has a great movie recommendation for you - Walk a Mile in his Shoes. 
Moving and sad, with a very, very happy ending. And who doesn't love a happy ending? 

Thanks for reading! 

It's over already???

Hello out there! 

No, the summer literacy program is not over (it has only just begun!) but the day DID seem to fly by! Megan, we agree with you 100%. 
Avery had a great day but she has one request - for Ella to stop taking about how cute her (Avery's) brother is! Totally fair, Avery! 
Rebekah is determined to be surprised about her 23rd birthday...which is happening THIS weekend. She does not want to know the where or the when, but only that something birthday-related is happening. SURPRISE Rebekah! 
A very awesome thing that happened today (and there were just so many to choose from!) was that Kennen began reading the words that were text messaged to her. SO exciting and such a proud literacy moment. Gracias Amiga! 
And now all Kaitlyn needs to do is remember her i-tunes password and she will be able to read all of the e-books on her summer reading list.....

Have a great weekend, folks! We are looking forward to what next week will bring. 

Ice Breaker - Ice Broken!

Hello out there!

We're back! And we are greater in numbers! It is so great to see some old faces and to warmly welcome some new ones. Megan and Avery are fantastic new additions to the University scene! We were happy to send some quality time catching up, getting to know each other, and breaking the ice.
This summer we are not Student Researchers, but Literacy Students, and it is all very exciting. The three types of lessons that we are doing so far: Sound Blending - right, R-E-B-E-K-A-H?, Letter-Sound Correspondence, and Reading Comprehension. Different game plans for different literacy goals. Today was a great (and hectic!) first day and we are ready and excited for more!

Stay tuned....