Dear Parents, December 5, 2011 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 beginning, middle, and end of the story and answering the […]
Dear Parents, November 28, 2011 I hope that you all enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. Hard to believe that it is the first week of Advent! The next few weeks are very busy and filled with much excitement. Our reading strategy this week is “evaluate”. Our comprehension skill that can help us […]
Dear Parents, November 21, 2011 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 […]
Dear Parents, November 14, 2011 We briefly started theme 4 in our reading series last week and will continue this week. As a reminder from last week, the theme is “Family & Friends”. Our reading strategy, […]
Dear Parents, November 6, 2011 What a wonderful job our first grade saints were on Friday! We are starting theme 4 in our reading series this week. The theme is […]
Dear Parents, October 24, 2011 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 […]
Dear Parents, October 10, 2011 This week in language arts we will be reading about Christopher Columbus and making a project to accompany our story. This week, our reading strategy is “summarize”. After we have finished reading a story we should be able to retell the story in just a few sentences. The comprehension skill […]
Dear Parents, By now the news has spread that Mrs. Manning is moving to eighth grade and I will be the first grade teacher! It is with great excitement that I begin this position! As mentioned in previous introductions, I am an alumna of Loyola Marymount University. I graduated as a member of the University […]
Dear Parents, October 3, 2011 It has been a great year so far! I would like to thank you for sharing your children with me – I have enjoyed getting to know them, spending time learning and playing together. Our eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Dwyer, is relocating to Rio de Janeiro and I will be […]
Dear Parents, October 3, 2011 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 words or the pictures to help the story become clear to us. Our comprehension skill […]