Dear Parents, November 13, 2012 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 […]
This past week in Religion, first grade learned four different types of prayer – Praise, Asking, Thanks, and Sorry. In class we did a group project to illustrate what a Praise prayer, Asking prayer, Thanks prayer and Sorry prayer look like. We took our group illustrations and added them to our Religion board in our […]
Dear Parents, November 5, 2012 The students did a fantastic job in the Saints Parade! To all those who attended, thank you for your support! 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 […]
Dear Parents, October 28, 2012 This week, we will be taking a break from learning new content to review all that we have covered so far within first grade! Due to this there will not be new spelling words for the […]
Dear Parents, October 22, 2012 This week, 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 and why. The comprehension skill that will help us […]
Dear Parents, October 15, 2012 Well, you may know that we had a very exciting time in science this past week! We had the chance to observe three goldfish as part of our study of animal body parts. Since then these […]
Dear Parents, October 7, 2012 Our reading strategy this week is “monitor and clarify”. If we have difficulty understanding the story as we read, we stop and go back to reread the sections that were confusing. We also use key […]
Dear Parents, October 1, 2012 My goodness, time flies when you are having fun! I cannot believe it is already October! The first graders are making their way through the year with wonderful energy! -We have completed theme 1 in our reading series. […]
Dear Parents, September 23, 2012 A BIG “Thank You!” to the parents and special friends that volunteered in our classroom on Friday for Primary Centers! The students had a wonderful time! Our reading strategy this week is evaluation and our comprehension skill that will help with evaluating a story is cause and effect. Paying attention […]
Dear Parents, September 16, 2012 In language arts this week, we will work on the consonants n, f, p, and we will keep working on short /a/. Since we are still working on short /a/ there will not be any new spelling words […]