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, […]

Dear Parents,              November 12, 2013 I hope that all enjoyed the 3-day weekend! 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 […]

Dear Parents,              November 4, 2013 The students did a fantastic job in the Saints Parade! To all those who attended, thank you for your support! 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 […]

Dear Parents,                                                     October 28, 2013 This week, our reading strategy is “predict/infer”.  Before reading a story, we look at the cover, the title and the pictures and make educated guesses (or predictions) on what the story will be about.  While reading, we use information learned to conclude (or infer) if our prediction is correct or […]