What it looks like in our room...
Key concepts and skills
· Use phonetic skills to read and write words.
· Recognize common sight words.
· Use phonics, word recognition, context clues, and picture clues to read for meaning.
· Recall information from reading.
· Identify main ideas and details.
· Recall the sequence of events.
· Notice elements of poetry – rhyme, rhythm, repetition.
· Follow written directions.
· Use prewriting strategies (brainstorming, making webs, discussing ideas, etc.)
· Use spelling, punctuation, capitals, and spaces to make writing more readable.
· Use sensory details to make writing come alive.
· Record observations and experiences.
We read everything in first grade. Big books...
...little books...
...our PR's (Personal Readers, or poetry notebooks)...
...everything we can get our hands on.
Sometimes we make our own Class Books to read...
After we read Clifford books, we celebrated his birthday!
Dr. Seuss was another favorite author.
We had a Seuss-a-thon, reading lots of Dr. Seuss books...
...and then made our own 'Seussical' characters, and wrote about them...
It's so cool to get into a book!
Sometimes we read to our friends...
...and sometimes we read for good causes...
Reading into our 'pipe-phones' helps us read more fluently...
We study phonics with our neighbors in Mrs. Harshfield's room...
In Writers Workshop, we write about ourselves and our adventures. It's awesome!
(More pictures coming soon!)