September 3rd - September 7th

What We Are Learning

Reading: Setting up Daily 5 reading structure

·         How to do “Listen to Reading”

·         Continuing to build reading and writing stamina

Word Work

• Sight words: that, is, it, you, he
• Word family: -an    Blend/Digraph: th
• Strategy: All sentences start with an uppercase letter and end with punctuation.

Writing: Narrative Genre/Stories from our Lives

·         Good writers add more to their pictures, more to their words, and use a writer’s checklist

Math: Unit 1 Solve Addition & Subtraction Problems to 10

·        Unit review and assessment

Theme: Kindness

·        How can we spread kindness in our classroom, school, and world?

Family Photo

I would love to have every student bring a small family photo to display in our classroom.  This will help your kiddo feel more at home, and I know they will be super excited to show off their family.

Reading Levels

I have had a few different parents ask about their kiddos reading level.  I wanted to let everyone know that in first grade we spend the first four weeks of school establishing routines and building students’ stamina to be able to work independently. This way we can successfully have reading groups.

I started DRA assessments this week. It will take me two full weeks to finish everyone.   Soon I will be able to give you more specific information about how your kiddo is doing in reading. Until I’m finished, it would be very beneficial to work with your kiddo on the sight words in their take home folders and read together every day.

Dates to Remember

September 21st- Willard Homecoming Parade (all students attend by bus) and dismiss at 12:30

October 5^th – WOHE Fall Carnival