Dear Parents, February 10, 2014 I hope everyone enjoyed the three day weekend! Our reading strategy this week is questioning. A good reader stops while reading and asks themselves questions about the story. The comprehension skill that helps us in understanding what we read is noting details. Paying close attention […]
Dear Parents, January 27, 2014 What a busy week!! It is Catholic Schools Week this week and we have something special planned every day. We are finishing theme 5 in our reading series this week and will continue with the CVCe pattern. Our reading strategy is “monitor and clarify” and our comprehension skill is cause […]
Dear Parents, January 21, 2014 Thank you to those who were able to help in Primary Centers. The children (and me) enjoy seeing you in our classroom and truly appreciate the help. I hope that everyone enjoyed the three-day weekend! We have a busy week ahead of us! Tuesday […]
Dear Parents, January 13, 2014 Our reading strategy this week is summarizing and the comprehension skill that will help us with that strategy is making generalizations. Paying attention to the beginning, middle, and end of the story will help us with summarizing and paying attention to the details […]
Dear Parents, January 6, 2014 Happy New Year! I hope that you all enjoyed a peaceful, restful, and blessed Christmas. We are starting theme 5 (Home Sweet Home) in our reading series. Our reading strategy is questioning and the comprehension skill that will help us with that strategy is compare and contrast. We will […]
Dear Parents, December 16, 2013 The last week of school for 2013!! What an exciting week it will be! We have finished theme 4 in our reading series. We will spend our language arts time this week making a special gift for our Secret Santa […]
Dear Parents, December 9, 2013 It was a pleasure to meet with all of you during conferences! 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 […]
Dear Parents, December 2, 2013 I hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving weekend! Our reading strategy this week is “evaluate”. Our comprehension skill that can help us evaluate whether we enjoyed a book is “compare/contrast”. Comparing and contrasting or finding ways in which certain things are the same […]
Dear Parents, November 24, 2013 We have much to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving week and at the top of my list is YOU! Thank you for all your support and for sharing your children with me. They make me smile everyday! […]
Dear Parents, November 18, 2013 We will be taking this week to focus on Colonial times in Language Arts. We will be doing a number of fun projects that will work on our writing skills and will enrich the skills we have learned thus far in first grade. As this will be the case, […]