We finished book 1! Woohoo!
Celebrating in stations tomorrow👍
Starting book 2 tonight. We introduced sound in class and read over it, as we always do. Kids (most of them) are excited to start the new book and so am I. Line 7 in this book is a proper full sentence, so I read it twice in the recordings.
Tonight’s sounds are Ee and Yee:
Everyone is doing a great job using their reading strategies to complete their reading homework. Please remember to sign each night (M-Th). New books have been handed out today. Exciting news to share, we are part of a Global Read Aloud. This event fosters global connections through shared reading from picture books and exemplifies one of our North Stars, we learn better together. This year we are connecting with Yavneh Academy in Paramus, NJ. 1A participated in a Google Hangout this afternoon and were excited to ask the questions they had prepared on Friday in anticipation of this event. 1B will also connect this way with the same class, sometime this week. The picture book study is the work of Yuyi Morales
Excited to read Dreamers this week and be part of a shared Flipgrip to amplify our learning!
Today the students will bring home their red Take Home folders. In these folders is everything you need to be able to support your child as he\she completes their English reading homework. We have gone over in class the various decoding strategies to use when they come across a word that is unfamiliar to them. At this point in the year they would benefit from reviewing the strategies before they begin to read. We will be working on digraphs (sh, ch etc…) and long and short vowel sounds in class. I have provided anchor charts for them to refer to if they come across a vowel sound they cannot yet reproduce. Please remember to sign the reading log every evening, it is located in the back of the Take Home folder.
I hope you are all having a wonderful start to summer break!
I just want to post a list that Brigitte and I created with a few different science books that may interest your children over the summer! Don’t forget, you can always use the AR Book Finder that we shared with you earlier this month.
Happy Reading! See you in September!
Over the summer, you may be looking for ‘Just Right’ books for your child to read. You can use the Zone of Proximal Development (which will be noted in your child’s report card as the reading range) to search for books through the Accelerated Reader Bookfinder site.
Mrs. Thompson (from Grade 5) made a fantastic tutorial video to help walk you through the process.
Please reach out to Morah Lianna or Morah Ann Lynn if you have any questions or need any help.
Dear Parents,
This is what homework will look like this week:
Dear Grade 1 parents,
Thank-you for supporting the Scholastic Book Fair. Our students are already adding books from our wish list to their book bins. They had big smiles on their faces when they saw all the new books added to our classroom collection.
Inspiring readers one book at a time! Continue reading “A BIG THANK-YOU!!”
The Grade 1 class room was BURSTING with excitement this month as we “bounced” (my attempt at a basketball reference) through our March Madness Book Bracket.
First, a big shout out to our amazing guest readers this month; Morah Dora, Mrs. Cleveland, Miss M, Ms. Gordon, Mrs. Reichstein!! Thank you for being part of our March Madness Fun! Don’t worry, Dr. Mitzmacher is already gearing up to be a guest reader in Grade 1 in the near future.
Today was the final face off between The Aunts Come Marching by Bill Richardson (Ms. Gordon’s pick!) and POP! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy.
Our class was so excited all day for the big reveal…
After the cheering calmed down, we took some time to reflect on some of our favourite books that we read but didn’t necessarily advance on our bracket.
All in all, it was a fantastic month filled with picture books (#openthemagic)! Thank you to everyone who followed our March Madness journey on Morah Lianna’s Twitter!
We began looking at our Haggadah today – realizing that ‘Seder’ is not just a word for the Passover meal; rather, it’s a Hebrew word that means “order.” and tonight’s song is the Seder of the Seder – Kadesh Urchatz.
Here is the reading:
