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A little about the teacher |
I've been teaching for 27 years. Twenty-one of those years were in public school and five years in private school. I've taught first grade for 18 years. Needless to say, I love first graders. On the personal side, I am married and the mother of three grown children. I have 2 grandchildren, Michaela and Matthew. | | |
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Our Schedule |
8:15-8:30 Independent Reading
8:30-10:00 SRA/Stations
10:00-10:45 FAME
10:45-12:00 Language Arts/Soc. St.
12:00-12:30 Recess
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Science
1:30-3:10 Math
3:10-3:15 Prepare for dismissal
3:15 Dismissal
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Helping Your Child Read at Home |
Helping Your Child Read At Home
When helping your child read at home, several strategies may be used to aid in decoding unknown words.
Reading Strategies:
1. Tell your child to look at the picture. You may tell your child the word if it is something that can be seen in the picture.
2. Tell your child to look for chunks (word families) in the word, such as -it, -in, -sit, -at, -in, -or, -and, and -ing.
3. Ask your child to get his/her mouth ready to say the word by shaping the mouth for the beginning letter.
4. Ask your child if the word looks like another word he/she knows. Does lip look like rip? Or hat like cat?
5. Ask your child to go on and read to the end of the sentence. Often by reading the other words in context, the child can figure out the unknown word.
6. If your child says the wrong word while reading, ask questions like: Does it make sense? Does it sound right? Does it look right?
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Reading |
*Exploring the different roles of an author and an illustrator
*Looking at and identifying the beginning, middle, and end of a story
*Formulating our own predictions
*Defining, discussing and identifying various settings within literature
*Defining, discussing and identifying the plot, story problem, and resolution using various pieces of literature
*Defining, discussing and identifying character traits among various characters in literature
*Retelling the order of important events (sequencing) in a story and using time words such as first, next, before, then, after, and finally
*Organizing the events in a story and distinguishing between details and important parts
*Exploring the different purposes the author had for writing (entertain/inform)
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Fun and Education Websites for Your Child to Visit |
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