Monthly Archives | August 2019

Shabbat Shalom!

First Day of School

Our first day was incredibly action packed. We had an all school assembly, participated in activity rotations with two other grade levels, started a couple projects in our classroom, played outside and did a scavenger hunt throughout the school. The kids will learn a lot more about our classroom, first grade and expectations tomorrow.

Writing – Unit 1 Standards

The goal of our first writing workshop unit is to expose the students to different genres of writing and the traits that go with these genres. Students will learn about the important connections between the words and illustrations, how to generate ideas, and what it takes to be a writer and illustrator. The following are […]

Reading – Unit 1 Standards

The goal of our first reading workshop unit is to expose the students to different genres of literature.  They will learn about themselves as reader by choosing books that interest them and that are at a level that is appropriate for them.  We will be developing our reading community and our expectations for our workshop […]

Reading Stratgies

These are reading strategies that we will continue to reinforce in the beginning of the year for your readers. We will discuss this as a part of whole group and small group instruction, and each student will have a copy of it on their independent reading book bins. It will be helpful to use the […]

Math – Unit 1 Standards

Our first unit in math this year is ‘Partners and Number Patterns Through 10’. This will likely be a review for the students to get back in touch with a variety of math strategies that they can use to solve addition and subtraction problems. The following are the kid friendly standards that we will be […]

Welcome to first grade!

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