Dear Parents, October 23, 2017 Here is what we are doing in first grade this week…. Language Arts: In Readers Workshop we continue to be a helper to our reading partners. In Writers Workshop we are working on making our writing fancy. In addition, we will also be focusing on specific phonetic skills. This […]
Dear Parents, October 16, 2017 Language Arts: In Writers Workshop we are spending the week revising our work so we are ready to publish our stories next week! In Readers Workshop we are continuing to work with a partner as we read. We are practicing introducing our books, doing something at the end of […]
Dear Parents, October 9, 2017 This week in First Grade we are learning…. Language Arts: In Writers Workshop we will be focusing on writing exact actions and practicing our pop out words. In Readers Workshop we will be working on our stamina and determination when we get to tricky words. We will also practice […]
Dear Parents, October 2, 2017 This week in First Grade we are learning…. Language Arts: In Readers Workshop we will be working with our partners to identify and fix bad reading habits. In Writers Workshop we are continuing to write in itsy, bitsy steps and bringing our characters to life. In addition, we will […]
Dear Parents, September 25, 2017 Language Arts: In Readers Workshop we will be dropping bad habits in reading and picking up some good ones! We will also continue our practice on looking at all parts of a word to learn how to read it. In Writers Workshop we are practicing unfreezing our characters. In […]
Dear Parents, September 18, 2017 This week in First Grade we are learning…. Language Arts: In Readers Workshop we will be looking at all parts of a word when we read, use meaning to help us figure out words, double check our reading and continue to build our stamina by not giving up when we […]
Dear Parents, September 11, 2017 It was wonderful to see so many grandparents and special friends visit our classrooms on Friday! Thank you to all who supported this beautiful event. Parents, please keep an eye out for a special email from me! Here’s what we are learning in first grade this week! Language Arts: Our […]
Dear Parents, September 5, 2017 Here’s what we are learning in first grade this week! Language Arts: We are continuing on with Readers and Writers Workshop. In addition, we will also be focusing on specific phonetic skills. This week, we will be highlighting the sounds associated with the letters m (monkey), s (sat), c […]
Dear Parents, August 28, 2017 It was wonderful seeing many of you at Back-to-School Night! Thank you for your constant support of SHS! To those whose schedules prevented you from attending, if you have any questions please be sure to email me and keep a watchful eye on our weekly newsletters! Here’s what […]
Dear Parents, August 21, 2017 Welcome Back to School…and to First Grade! I am beyond excited to start the school year with your students. And what an accomplishment we have already! We made it through the first full day! We are getting used to a lot of routines in first grade but we are […]