We will continue to keep moving through 1st grade as we start our third week of school.

I want to let you know a little bit of what will be going on in class this coming week.

In math we will continue to learn about different problem solving strategies a to use along with different resources that can be used such as the hundred chart, tens frame, number line, etc. All students will be problem solving with the best method for them.

In reading and phonics we are concentrating on vowels a,e,i,o, and u. We will discuss and learn about short vowels and long vowels along with locating them. We also have some “no excuse words” that we go over every day. We learn how to spell, read, and write each word.

the, and, a, of, to are the five we learned last week.

These words are displayed on our class word wall and are always available for them to look to for guidance and spelling. We are also working hard in Literacy Stations which gives students review and practice with poetry, word work, word families, writing , and computers.

We have started writer’s workshop and it is off to a great start! Currently we are writing a class book through interactive writing. The students work to come up with sentences. I write the sentence with their help and then they rewrite the sentence on their dry erase boards. Writer’s Workshop offers them a chance to write about anything they want. We conference about their writing and then as the year progresses we will work through the writing process to eventually reach the publishing stage.

We are off to a great start and the kids and I are working hard to make this year a successful one! Thank you for your continuing support 🙂

If there are any questions or concerns, please feel free to let me know.

Lacey James