Our last book report for the year went home last week. Students should be choosing a book and letting me know their choice by tomorrow. The project is due Monday, June 1st. Below are the forms in case you have lost them… but the collage should be done on cardstock because the materials might be too heavy for paper.
These were absolutely ADORABLE!! I always love seeing the creativity that comes out of this project. Students really came through with some original ideas and characters. The books came to life in our classroom. Enjoy!
We are coming up on our 4th Annual Poetry Recitation Competition. Today, I sent home a form explaining this. All students must memorize one poem and practice reciting it to an audience. To choose a poem with your child, please see the forms below. Students may use their practice as part of their reading log.
CLASSROOM Competition is Tuesday, APRIL 21st!!!!
I know that Saxon Phonics is getting more complicated and many parents have mentioned that it is hard to help their child with the coding on their homework. I want to give you some help with this. We still have a few to learn, but maybe this will help:) Here are some definitions:
Digraph: 2 letters that come together to make one sound
Trigraph: 3 letters that come together to make one sound
Combination: 2 letters that come together to make an unexpected sound (bossy r)
Dipthong: 2 letters that come together to make an unexpected sound and make your mouth move into 2 positions
Final Stable Syllable: letters that the form the final syllable of a word, are stable and do not change.
Below is a picture of the posters that we use in class to help us with our Coding. I have also attached a link to a printable form to use at home.
Student Book Reports are due Monday. Below is a link to the form needed to write the story elements. There is no link for the Cardstock Story Cube paper that you need to put together. You will need to talk to a classmate if you have lost this in order to create one yourself. Thank you for understanding! Good luck!
Through our Saxon Phonics Program, we are learning that Sight Words are words that CANNOT be sounded out. Many words are listed as sight words in other programs, but can be sounded out (example: and= /a/ /n/ /d/). Please refer to the list below to help your child master the Saxon Sight Words. These are all the words students will need to know for the year. Please make sure your child is practicing these at home if they do not know them already.
Some suggestions for practicing: flashcards, wipe boards, find them in books, magazines, etc…
Students have almost completed their first journal for the year. These are some examples of complete pictures and writing. The whole page is completely colored and the picture matches the writing.
We only complete 3 journals a week, so students should have sufficient time to complete them during class time. If they do bring them home, they should only work on the pages that have been started in class. Please do not allow them to go ahead and finish journals that we have not gone over yet in class. Students will know which pages they are responsible for. Thanks for your help with this and I apologize if there was any confusion! By the end of the week, all of their September Journal should be complete and we will start sending them home to stay.
Below are the skills students should be able to master by the end of Quarter 1:
Our class is working towards a goal: 10 Minutes of Sustained Reading (no interruptions)
We started with 3 minutes and each time we are successful we gain a minute. When we reach 10 minutes, the class earns a Flashlight Reading Party.
Here are some ways you can help with this at home.
These came out so great that everyone walking by our window has stopped in to see them close up. What creativity! The projects are so unique and different. Each character bottle really looks like the book character. Can’t wait to see what comes next!
Congratulations!!! Our First Graders swept the competition for K-2.
First Place: Milan Flores- I Know All the Sounds the Animals Make
Second Place: Isabelle Bleakley- Table Manners
Third Place: Owen Schmutz- Table Manners
