Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

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In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2nd, we will be having a Dr. Seuss Day in the classroom.  Students need to bring in their favorite Dr. Seuss book on Monday, March 3rd to share during Independent Reading.  If students do not have one at home, they can borrow one from our classroom library.

March 1st is known as Read Across America Day.  Please celebrate this day at home with your child by reading with them!!  For more information check out the websites below:

http://www.seussville.com

http://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm

http://www.nea.org/grants/886.htm

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Language Arts Trackers

If you are wondering how your child earns their grade in Language Arts, then please refer to the trackers below.  Once a child has mastered a project or skill, it is highlighted.

Q1-Reading Tree          Q1-Writing Project Tree

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Q1-Phonics Tree

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Some things to work on at home that will help your child earn  an Outstanding Grade are:

Printing                                                                                                                    Make sure that your child is making the corrections on their classwork and homework each day.  If there is marker anywhere, they should be erasing and tracing to correct their printing.  Look for letters/numbers that are formed incorrectly or backwards.  We will be checking for this when it is turned in.

Following Directions                                                                                             Make sure your child has read all the directions for each activity.  Check their work each night and guide them if they have made a mistake.  They should be teaching you what they learned that day.

Read with Them                                                                                                      Completion of the Reading Log is a very important part of their grade.  If you refer to the tracker, it is worth a good chunk of their Reading Grade each quarter.  Reading to them is fine if your child struggles, but the goal is to get them reading to you!

Thank you for your support at home!

Saxon Sight Words


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…

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Saxon Phonics

I would like to thank our Parent Helper, Rachel Flores for her awesome photography work during Phonics and Centers.  The pictures she captured below will hopefully give you a glimpse of how our Phonics program works….  We already have some First Grade Phonics Experts.  Ask them about Suffix -s, or the two sounds of s (s: sun, z: rose).

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Centers in Progress!

We are on our third day of Language Arts Centers and the class is really starting to get the hang of our crazy rotations:)  It will take some time, but I love watching them get into the routine. Each group gets to go to 12 centers throughout the week which works out to 3 centers each day.  These centers include: Guided Reading, Word Work, Spelling Practice, Writing, Listening Center, Computers, Buddy Reading, etc…

Check out their learning in progress:

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