Dear Parents, December 15, 2014 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: We will be taking the week to wrap up a few items and complete some Christmas activities tied with Christmas stories! Spelling: This week, we do not have new spelling words. Math: We will be taking this week to review […]
Dear Parents, December 8, 2014 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: We have a busy week ahead of us! Our reading strategy this week is “monitor and clarify”. Our comprehension skill that can help us with the understanding of a story is the sequencing of events. Knowing what happened in the […]
Dear Parents, December 1, 2014 I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving and wonderful weekend. This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: We are continuing theme 4 in our reading series this week. Our reading strategy this week is “evaluate”. Our comprehension skill that can help us evaluate whether we enjoyed a […]
Dear Parents, November 23, 2014 This week is a short week in first grade! Take a look at what we will be doing these next few days… Language Arts: We will be using the strategies we have learned in Language Arts so far and apply it through poetry, writing, and reading. We will […]
Dear Parents, November 17, 2014 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: We are starting theme 4 in our reading series this week. The theme is “Family & Friends”. Our reading strategy is “summarizing”. After reading a story, we should be able to retell the important parts of the story. While reading, […]
Dear Parents, November 10, 2014 I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend! This week in first grade, we will be learning… Language Arts: We will be taking what little time we have for Language Arts this week to build our background of colonial life. We will discuss a number of aspects of colonial life […]
Dear Parents, November 3, 2014 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: We will be taking our theme assessments for Theme 3 this week. We will also spend some time in review of all that we have learned thus far in first […]
Dear Parents, October 27, 2014 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: We will be finishing up theme 3 in our reading series this week. Our reading strategy is “questioning”. Before reading a story, we look at the cover, the title and the pictures and make a prediction about what the story […]
Dear Parents, October 20, 2014 This week in first grade we will be welcoming a new student! Welcome to First Grade Hailey R. We are now a class of 28! Woo-hoo!! We are learning… Language Arts: This week, our reading strategy is “predict/infer”. Before reading a story, we look at the cover, the title and […]
Dear Parents, October 13, 2014 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: This week, we begin Theme 3! Our reading strategy is “evaluate”. After reading a story, we think back on what we read and learned to decide if we like or dislike the story […]