It’s Read A Thon Day!

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Posted by Alissa | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on March 3, 2017

We started off our morning meeting today in our cozy pajamas with our stuffed animals at our sides.  We had a new friend, Oliver, come visit who will be joining our class in a couple weeks when he and his family return to Leverett.  For our greeting today, we introduced ourself to Oliver, introduced our stuffed animal friend, and told one really cool thing about first grade.  It was a fun way to start the day.

Then we settled in for a long, uninterrupted time to get cozy and read books.  Surprisingly, there never seems to be enough time to do this is a regular school day.  Nothing makes a first grade teacher happier than to see so many young readers genuinely engaged in the joy of reading.  Success!  They have it down.  Many readers found a friend and got right to work.

 

 

Then our fourth grade buddies came in and it was time for us to be brave and read to them, or a chance for us to sit back and be read to.  Either way, the kids love this time with the older kids.

This week we have been busy at work making our own books, too.  Our bear research is complete, and now the children are using what they learned to create their own chapter books!  A huge task for these first graders, but they are doing it!  This week we worked on creating a diagram of the bear each child studied and a map showing where in the world the bear lives.

In math, we have started our study of place value.  Kids are playing a game called Base 10 Exchange, which helps them see the difference between ones, tens and hundreds.

For homework, your child is bringing home a mini book we made today that uses all decodable words we are learning in Fundations.  Ask your child to show you the digraphs, bonus letters, and base words with a suffix.  These are all word parts we are studying in Fundations.  Have your child read the story to you for homework, scooping the words as they read aloud with expression.  It’s great reading practice!

Have a great weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

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