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Nice reading expression! |
Exciting things are happening in reading! Everyone has noticed how much more they can read now than when they first stepped into first grade. The kids are eager to show off their skills and read to the class and are practicing fluency, expression, and phrasing. New series have been discovered and attempted, and word detectives are spotting new spelling patterns and words within their books. What an awesome feeling to unlock the world of books!
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Starting a new series |
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I marked favorite pages |
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I love Curious George! |
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New series for me! |
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I've been practicing for this |
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You'll like this book! |
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Reading a non-fiction book! |
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Using fluency when reading |
We also had a few 'reading buddies' this week in the form of small stuffed animals they read a book with.
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Reading with bumble bee! |
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Bumble bear reads with me! |
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Enjoying a good book together |
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More fun with a little buddy! |
sorting pictures by vowel sounds |
ordering a sentence |
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Reading on starfall |
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spelling words ending in __ay |
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Reading Three Little Plays |
Unscrambling a sentence |
Listening to stories on CD |
A new activity has been playing boardgames that are either vowel sound games or sight word games. Everyone has made so much progress in identifying sight words and in distinguishing between vowel sounds.
Sight word BINGO |
A sea of vowels game |
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Spin a vowel |
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Can you see any light? |
Translucent! |
Tin foil is total darkness! |
What do you see? |
Mirrors and reflections! |
Doubles At Work |
POP! with addition problems |
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Building an equation |
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How many more people to make 10? |
I made a doubles match |
Mayflower math to make 10 |
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Practicing shapes |
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Geo board shapes |
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Look what shapes I made! |
Ta Da! |
Creative artists! |
Social Studies has revolved around the Thanksgiving story, Pilgrims, and Native Americans. We watched two engaging quick videos produced by Scholastic: Pilgrim Life and The Wampanoag Way. Both videos featured present day children from Plymouth Ma who dress in the attire from 400 years ago and work at Plymouth Plantation and in the Wampanoag Homesite. What was especially great was that the sisters who re-enact the Wampanoag people are actually descendants of that tribe.
Using a little suitcase to imagine what might be packed |
I hope you read your child's 'newspaper' account of Squanto's life - the writing was amazing! We are currently writing from the point of view of a Pilgrim child. We wrote about what we would pack for the trip on the Mayflower and how we felt about the new venture across the sea. Next, we wrote about all the many jobs and chores we had to do- chopping trees for houses, cutting hay for roofs, fetching water, feeding animals, planting seeds, grinding corn...wow! The Pilgrims were constantly working! We will complete our booklet next week and send it home in time for Thanksgiving.
We will also start our shoebox scenes Monday. I hauled a bunch of shoeboxes from the attic to school on Friday so it looks ready to go.
Everyone should have received an email from signup.com and a paper notice telling about Parent Conferences by now. The conferences will be on Wednesday, December 4th (an early release day) from 12:45- 7:45. This online signup is helpful because you are able to switch times if needing to reschedule. You can also indicate a time slot for a phone conference if unable to attend.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Dagley