This month in the Literacy Lab, we are working on many new phonics skills.  The younger grades are working on their long vowel sounds and word families.  The older grades have been creating words with vowel teams, blends, and digraphs.  We have had some fun word building and spelling contests, and many vocabulary building activities centered around these concepts.  Plenty of learning going on up here.

I'm thrilled to announce that we have a new member to our volunteer team!  Highland Catholic is happy to welcome Sr. Kathy Ryan.  Sr. Kathy is an aunt to three of our students, and is kind enough to come to our school two days a week in the morning to work with Literacy Lab students on phonics skills. This month the younger students have been learning and reviewing their letters and  letter sounds using a fun animal story that is easy for the children to remember.  They have all been thoroughly captivated and couldn't wait until we got to the final letter. What an interesting, exciting, new way to learn and review our letter sounds.  Thank you Sr. Kathy.  We can't wait to see what's next!