Another hard-working week here in first grade! Guided reading groups really got going this week during reading centers and students practiced more good habits for solving hard words when reading, like checking the picture and looking at all the parts of the word. In writing, we studied...
Wow, six weeks of school finished already! I am already seeing lots of good progress this year. This week we launched our Reading Centers for the first time. Kids are Listening to Reading, doing Word Work, Reading to Someone, and practicing Poetry during this time right...
We had another good week here in first grade! Students reached our stamina goal of reading independently for 15 minutes. They also worked on strategies and habits for reading with a partner. In writing, students worked hard to make their stories come to life, by making...
What a busy week we had in first grade! Students learned how "Read to Someone" can help practice fluency (making our voices sound smooth and interesting like talking when we read). We also built our stamina to read independently for 14 minutes! In writing, we...
We wrapped up another good week here in first grade. Students dug deeper into writing small moment stories and worked on spelling tricky words the best they can. In reading, we practiced more good habits readers have during Read to Self. Students also practiced their word...
We had another awesome week in first grade! This week we continued growing our classroom community by playing games, sharing about ourselves, and reviewing our classroom rules. We began building our reading and writing workshop routines, as well as developing our Everyday Math routines. Ask...
We've had a great first week in first grade! We focused on setting routines and procedures, like walking in line. Students helped create our carpet and classroom rules, as well as an alphabet to hang above our board and on our word wall. We explored...
